Bread and Butter Pudding

The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New ... · Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady · 1840

Source: The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory;: In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.
Time: Cook: 30 min Total: 30 min
Status: success · extracted 11 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (10)

a penny loaf or French roll ↝ Rolls, french [Baked Products]
bread and butter ↝ Bread, vegetable [Yeast breads]
a few currants, well washed and picked ↝ Currants, european black, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
three eggs ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
a pint of milk ↝ Milk, NFS [Milk, reduced fat]
a little salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
grated nutmeg, or ginger ↝ Oil, nutmeg butter [Fats and Oils]
grated nutmeg, or ginger ↝ Ginger root, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
a few bitter almonds ↝ Nuts, almonds, whole, raw [Nut and Seed Products]
a puff paste

Instructions (7)

Cut a penny loaf or French roll into thin slices of bread and butter, as for tea.
Butter the bottom of the dish, and cover it with slices of bread and butter.
Sprinkle on them a few currants, well washed and picked.
Lay another layer of bread and butter.
Again sprinkle a few currants, and so on till you have put in all the bread and butter.
Beat up three eggs with a pint of milk, a little salt, grated nutmeg, or ginger, and a few bitter almonds, and pour it on the bread and butter.
Put a puff paste round the dish, and bake it half an hour.

Original Text

Bread and Butter Pudding.

Cut a penny loaf or French roll into thin slices of bread and butter, as for tea; butter the bottom of the dish, and cover it with slices of bread and butter; sprinkle on them a few currants, well washed and picked; then lay another layer of bread and butter; then again sprinkle a few currants, and so on till you have put in all the bread and butter. Beat up three eggs with a pint of milk, a little salt, grated nutmeg, or ginger, and a few bitter almonds, and pour it on the bread and butter. Put a puff paste round the dish, and bake it half an hour.

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