Yorkshire Black Puddings

Ingredients

• a quarter of a pound of stale bread
• a pint of half grits
• a pint of blood
• half a pint of good cream
• half a pound of finely-shred suet
• two tablespoonfuls of chopped parsley
• a dessert-spoonful of chopped thyme
• the same quantity of marjoram
• the same quantity of sage
• the same quantity of penny-royal
• a leek
• a small onion
• a dessert-spoonful of salt
• a tea-spoonful of black pepper
• six powdered cloves
• a pinch of grated nutmeg
• ground ginger
• powdered allspice
• four well-beaten eggs
• one pound of the inner fat of the pig

Method

1. 1

   Crumble stale bread, pour boiling milk over it, and let it absorb.

2. 2

   Soak half grits in milk for half an hour, then mix with the bread.

3. 3

   Add blood, cream, suet, herbs, salt, pepper, cloves, nutmeg, ginger, allspice, and beaten eggs.

4. 4

   Fill cleaned skins with the mixture, tie in links, prick, and boil for about an hour.

5. 5

   Cool and hang until needed.

6. 6

   Broil before serving.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 2344. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Yorkshire Black Puddings.— Crumble a quarter of a pound of stale bread, pour boiling milk over it to cover it, and let it remain until it has absorbed the milk. Soak a pint of half grits, and boil them for half an hour in as much milk as will entirelj' cover them. Drain the milk, mix it with the boiled g-rits, and add a pint of blood and half a pint of good cream, together with half a pound of finely-shred suet, two table- spoonfuls of chopped parsley, a dessert-spoonful of chopped thyme, and the same quantity of marjoram, sage, and penny-royal, a leek, a small onion, a dessert-spoonful of salt, a tea-spoonful of black pepper, six powdered cloves, and a pinch of grated nutmeg, ground ginger, and powdered allspice. Mix the ingredients thoroughly, and add four well-beaten eggs. Have ready one pound of the inner fat of the pig

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