English Plum Pudding I Recipe

Ingredients for English Plum Pudding I

• ½ lb. stale bread crumbs
• 1 cup scalded milk
• ¼ lb. sugar
• 4 eggs
• ½ lb. raisins, seeded, cut in pieces, and floured
• ¼ lb. currants
• ¼ lb. finely chopped figs
• 2 oz. finely cut citron
• ½ lb. suet
• ¼ cup wine and brandy mixed
• ½ grated nutmeg
• ¾ teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/3 teaspoon clove
• 1/3 teaspoon mace
• 1½ teaspoons salt

Instructions

1. 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.
2. Turn into buttered mould, cover, and steam six hours.