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Alma Pudding

Name: Alma Pudding
Ingredients: 1/2 lb. of fresh butter; 1/2 lb. of powdered sugar; 1/2 lb. of flour; 1/4 lb. of currants; 4 eggs

Categories -all-Meats Seafood Side Dishes Soups-Stews Desserts Breads-Cakes Toppings Drinks

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Time: 6 hours.

Sufficient for 5 or 6 persons.

Seasonable at any time.

Ingredients

1/2 lb. of fresh butter
1/2 lb. of powdered sugar
1/2 lb. of flour
1/4 lb. of currants
4 eggs

Directions

Beat the butter to a thick cream

Strew in, by degrees, the sugar

Mix both these well together

Dredge the flour in gradually

Add the currants

Moisten with the eggs, which should be well beaten

Mix all the ingredients until they are well stirred

Butter a mould that will hold the mixture exactly

Tie it down with a cloth

Put the pudding into boiling water

Boil for 5 hours

When turned out, strew some powdered sugar over it, and serve

Source: The Book of Household Management by Isabella Beeton (1859)

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