English Plum Pudding I
- 1/2 pound stale bread crumbs
- 1 cup scalded milk
- 1/4 pound sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 pound raisins, seeded, cut in pieces, and floured
- 1/4 pound currants
- 1/4 pound finely chopped figs
- 2 ounce finely cut citron
- 1/2 pound suet
- 1/4 cup wine and brandy mixed
- 1/2 grated nutmeg
- 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/3 teaspoon clove
- 1/3 teaspoon mace
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
Soak bread crumbs in milk, let stand until cool, add sugar, beaten yolks of eggs, raisins, currants, figs, and citron; chop suet, and cream by using the hand; combine mixtures, then add wine, brandy, nutmeg, cinnamon, clove mace, and whites of eggs beaten stiff. Turn into buttered mold, cover and steam six hours.
Submitted by Aug 19, 2009
15 min 30 min 45 min
15 min 30 min 45 min