Mrs Beetons Puddings and Desserts Revisited
Cold Pudding
600ml (1 pint) Milk
50g (2oz) Raisins
4 Eggs
4 tbsp Marmalade
Sponge Cake, few slices
Grated Lemon Rind
Sugar, to taste
Sweeten the milk with sugar, add a little grated lemon rind and stir in the eggs, which should be well whisked.
Line a buttered mould with the raisins, stoned and cut in half.
Spread the slices of cake with the marmalade and place them in the mould.
Pour in the liquid.
Tie the pudding down with paper and a cloth.
Boil gently for 1 hour.
When cold, turn it out and serve.
Time: 1 hour.
Sufficient for 5 or 6 persons.
Seasonable at any time.
COLD PUDDING
1262. INGREDIENTS - 4 eggs, 1 pint of milk, sugar to taste, a little grated lemon-rind, 2 oz. of raisins, 4 tablespoonfuls of marmalade, a few slices of sponge cake.
Mode - Sweeten the milk with lump sugar, add a little grated lemon-rind, and stir to this the eggs, which should be well whisked; line a buttered mould with the raisins, stoned and cut in half; spread the slices of cake with the marmalade, and place them in the mould; then pour in the custard, tie the pudding down with paper and a cloth, and boil gently for 1 hour: when cold, turn it out, and serve.
Time - 1 hour.
Average cost, 1s. 1d.
Sufficient for 5 or 6 persons.
Seasonable at any time.
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