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Strata Pudding

From The complete Indian housekeeper & cook, 1898

Make in the morning if wanted for dinner. The icing should be set on top but creamy inside.

Presented as published in 1898. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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As published

This recipe was extracted from The complete Indian housekeeper & cook (1898) by Flora Annie Webster Steel, page 223. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Strata Pudding.— Put a layer of jam in a ])ie-dish, and pour over it the follov’ing mixture : Five units of bread or cake crumbs, 2 units or more of yolk of egg, 10 units of milk, 1 of butter, 2 of sugar, I of lemon juice, and six drops of lemon essence. Bake in a very slow oven, so as just to set tbe egg.s. Let it cool a little. Then pour over an icing made of 2 or more units white of egg, 8 of ground white sugar, and 1 of lemon juice

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