Bread 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.
Yield: 5.0 puddings
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (21)

a twopenny loaf
a quart of milk ↝ Milk, NFS [Milk, reduced fat]
a piece of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
the yolks of seven eggs ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
the whites of five ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
a quarter of a pound of sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]
some nutmeg, finely pounded ↝ Oil, nutmeg butter [Fats and Oils]
cinnamon, finely pounded ↝ Sugar, cinnamon [Sugars and honey]
mace, finely pounded ↝ Spices, mace, ground [Spices and Herbs]
cloves, finely pounded ↝ Garlic, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
lemon-peel, finely pounded ↝ Lemon peel, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]

Sauce

white wine ↝ Wine, white [Wine]
butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]

Another way

half a pint of milk ↝ Milk, NFS [Milk, reduced fat]
a quarter of a pound of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
the same of sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]
a quarter of a pound of crumb of bread ↝ Bread, vegetable [Yeast breads]
the yolks of four eggs ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
two whites ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]

Sauce for another way

wine sauce ↝ Wine, rice [Wine]

Instructions (10)

Cut off all the crust from a twopenny loaf; slice it thin in a quart of milk.
Set it over a chaffing-dish of charcoal, till the bread has completely soaked up the milk.
Put in a piece of butter; stir it well round, and let it stand till cold.
Take the yolks of seven eggs and the whites of five, and beat them up with a quarter of a pound of sugar, with some nutmeg, cinnamon, mace, cloves, and lemon-peel, finely pounded.
Mix these well together, and boil it one hour.
Prepare a sauce of white wine, butter, and sugar; pour it over, and serve up hot.

Another way

Boil together half a pint of milk, a quarter of a pound of butter, and the same of sugar, and pour it over a quarter of a pound of crumb of bread.
Beat up the yolks of four eggs and two whites; mix all well together.
Put the pudding in tea-cups, and bake in a moderate oven about an hour.
Serve in wine sauce.

Original Text

Bread Pudding.

Cut off all the crust from a twopenny loaf; slice it thin in a quart of milk; set it over a chaffing-dish of charcoal, till the bread has completely soaked up the milk; then put in a piece of butter; stir it well round, and let it stand till cold. Take the yolks of seven eggs and the whites of five, and beat them up with a quarter of a pound of sugar, with some nutmeg, cinnamon, mace, cloves, and lemon-peel, finely pounded. Mix these well together, and boil it one hour. Prepare a sauce of white wine, butter, and sugar; pour it over, and serve up hot.

Another way.

Boil together half a pint of milk, a quarter of a pound of butter, and the same of sugar, and pour it over a quarter of a pound of crumb of bread. Beat up the yolks of four eggs and[311] two whites; mix all well together; put the pudding in tea-cups, and bake in a moderate oven about an hour. Serve in wine sauce.

The above quantity makes five puddings.

Notes

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