Stale Biscuits Pudding

Ingredients

• half a pint of boiling cream
• three well-beaten eggs
• a small pudding-mould
• preserved ginger cut in thin slices

Method

1. 1

   Crumble stale biscuits into a bowl and pour boiling cream over them.

2. 2

   Let soak for an hour.

3. 3

   Beat the mixture with a fork and add well-beaten eggs.

4. 4

   Butter a small pudding-mould, line it with preserved ginger, and fill it with the pudding mixture.

5. 5

   Cover and tie securely in a cloth.

6. 6

   Place in a saucepan on a plate turned upside down, surround with boiling water, and keep boiling.

7. 7

   When done, turn out and serve with hot ginger syrup poured over it.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 2252. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

half a pint of boiling cream nicely sweetened. Let them soak for an hour. Beat the mixture with a fork, and add three well-beaten eggs. Butter a small pudding-mould. Line it with preserved ginger cut in thin slices

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