Steamed Plum Pudding

Ingredients

• half-a-pound of fine chopped suet
• half-a-pound of bread crumbs
• two ounces (half a cup) of flour
• a teaspoonful of cinnamon
• one-fourth a teaspoonful of mace
• one-fourth a teaspoonful of clove
• three-fourths a cup of sugar
• three-fourths a pound of mixed fruit
• a teaspoonful of salt
• four eggs
• two or three tablespoonfuls of milk

Method

1. 1

   Mix suet, bread crumbs, flour, spices, sugar, mixed fruit, and salt.

2. 2

   Beat eggs, add milk, and stir into dry ingredients.

3. 3

   If mixture is not moist enough, add more milk.

4. 4

   The mixture should be soft enough to take up in heaped spoonfuls.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 8 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The standard book of recipes and housewife's guide, comprising as complete cook book (1901) by Johnson, Alice A.,, page 60. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

STEAMED PLUM PUDDING. Mix thoroughly together half-a-pound of fine chopped suet, half-a-pound of bread crumbs, two ounces (half a cup) of flour, a teaspoonful of cinnamon and one-fourth a teaspoonful, each, of mace and clove, three-fourths a cup of sugar, three-fourths a pound of mixed fruit, — seeded raisins, orange peel, citron of figs, and a teaspoonful of salt ; beat four eggs, add two or three tablespoonfuls of milk

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.