John Bull's Own Plum Pudding
- 1 pound suet
- 1 pound moist sugar
- 1 pound currants
- 1 pound raisins
- 1 pound sultana raisins
- 1 pound mixed candied peel
- 1/2 pound bread crumbs
- 1/2 pound flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon mixed spice
- 8 eggs
- 1/4 pint brandy
Mix all in the following in order. Flour, salt, spice, sugar, raisins, peel, bread crumbs, sultanas, and currants. Beat egg and strain them for ten minutes, add brandy to them and pour atop the mass, stir until all are thoroughly mixed. Butter four small bowls and fill, scald cloth and flour it, tie down and boil 5 1/2 hours or more, if one large pudding boil 13 hours. I use cinnamon and nutmeg for spice and four small bowls.
Submitted by Jun 15, 2009
17 min 840 min 857 min
17 min 840 min 857 min