Vere Pudding (Steamed)

Ingredients

• 6 oz. flour
• 3 tablespoons milk
• ¼ teaspoon carbonate soda
• 4 oz. butter or fat
• 3 oz. sugar
• 2 oz. raisins
• 1 oz. sultanas
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon salt

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter and sugar, add egg, beat well, add milk, sifted flour, soda and pinch salt, jam and cleaned fruits, blend well; put into greased basin, cover with greased paper, and steam 1.5 hours.

2. 2

   Serve hot with sauce.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Australian sunshine cookery book for every housewife (1920) by Dried Fruits Industry Throughout Australia. Joint Publicity Committee, Australian Dried Fruits Association, Western Australian Dried Fruits Board, Victorian Dried Fruits Board, New South Wales Dried Fruits Board, South Australian Dried Fruits Board, page 5. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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