112. A Small Bread Pudding

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849
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The Modern Housewife
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Ingredients (7)
Instructions (18)
  1. Cut an ounce of the crumb of bread into thin slices.
  2. Spread the least piece of butter over each slice.
  3. Place the buttered bread slices in a small tart-dish.
  4. Break an egg into a cup.
  5. Add a teaspoonful of sugar and a little powdered cinnamon to the egg.
  6. Beat the egg mixture well.
  7. Add about six tablespoonfuls of boiled milk to the egg mixture.
  8. Mix the milk and egg mixture well.
  9. Pour the mixture over the bread in the tart-dish.
  10. Bake in a slow oven, or steam it.
  11. To steam: Stand the tart-dish in a stewpan containing about half a pint of water (water should be about half way up to the rim of the dish).
  12. Cover the stewpan close and set it upon the fire.
  13. Let it slowly boil about ten minutes or longer, until the pudding is properly set.
  14. Remove the cover from the stewpan.
  15. Let the stewpan remain upon the fire a few minutes longer.
  16. Take out the pudding.
  17. Wipe the dish.
  18. Serve.
Original Text
112. A Small Bread Pudding.—Cut an ounce of the crumb of bread into thin slices, with the least piece of butter spread over each, which place in a small tart-dish; then break an egg into a cup with a teaspoonful of sugar and a little powdered cinnamon, beat well; then add about six tablespoonfuls of boiled milk, mix well together, pour over the bread, and bake in a slow oven, or steam it, if preferred, by standing the dish in a stewpan containing about half a pint of water, that is, the water should be about half way up to the rim of the dish; set the stewpan (covered close) upon the fire, and let it slowly boil about ten minutes or longer, until the pudding is properly set, then take the cover from the stewpan, which let remain a few minutes longer upon the fire; then take out the pudding, wipe the dish, and serve. Fish for Invalids.—Slips, soles, flounders, whitings, and smelts are the lightest of any fish, and upon that account more to be recommended to invalids in a state of convalescence.
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