Sunday, January 24, 2021

Christmas Plum Pudding

Ingredients

  • 3 cups of raisins
  • 1 cup of currants
  • 1 1/2 cups of bread crumbs
  • 1 cup of flour 
  • 1 1/2 cup of beef-suet 
  • 9 eggs 
  • 25 ml of brandy 
  • 1 cup of citron and orange peel
  • 1 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon ginger

Directions

  1. Chop the suet finely
  2. Mix finely chopped suet, bread-crumbs, and flour.
  3. Wash and thoroughly dry currants. Add to the suet, breadcrumb, and flour mixture. 
  4. Cut orange peel into thin slices 
  5. Add citron and orange slices into mixture.
  6. Add raisins to the mixture. 
  7. Add nutmeg and ginger
  8. Mix it all well until all ingredients are mixed together. 
  9. Beat the eggs in a separate bowl and then add to the mixture. 
  10. Add brandy to the mixture. 
  11. Mix the contents well allowing for every ingredient to be moistened. 
  12. Pour the mixture into a buttered mold. 
  13.  Cover the buttered mold tightly. 
  14. Boil for 6 hours for immediate use
Source — La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by Ashlynn Taylor
Louisiana Anthology
January 22, 2021

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