769. Fruit Puddings

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849

Source: The Modern Housewife
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (4)

for the pudding basin

the basin to be buttered ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]

for the pudding

the paste ↝ Guava paste [Jams, syrups, toppings]
the fruit ↝ Kiwi fruit, raw [Other fruits and fruit salads]
Sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]

Instructions (7)

Prepare a basin by buttering it and lining it with paste.
Fill the basin with fruit.
Cover the fruit with paste, rolling it to a thickness of half an inch.
Draw the paste to the centre and squeeze it.
Tie the basin up in a cloth kept for the purpose.
Boil in plenty of water until done, which will vary depending on the fruit.
Serve either turned out of the basin or not.

Original Text · last edited 12 days ago

769. Fruit Puddings are best made in a basin, the basin to be buttered and lined with the paste, and then filled with the fruit, which cover with the paste, the paste should be rolled round to the thickness of half an inch, and when the fruit is in, drawn to the centre and squeezed, and then tied up in a cloth kept on purpose, and boiled in plenty of water; when done, which will be according to the nature of the fruit you put in it, serve it either turned out of the basin or not. The cover should be of the same thickness as the sides. Sugar should be added before being covered.

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