Plum Pudding (aka “Figgy Pudding”)

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Plum Pudding (aka “Figgy Pudding”)

A traditional British Holiday treat

  • 1 cup Finely Chopped Beef Suet (or unsalted butter)
  • 2 cups Bread Crumbs (Fine)
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 1 cup Milk
  • 1 pint Flour
  • 1 cup Seedless Raisins
  • 1 cup Dried Currants
  • 1 cup Chopped Almonds
  • ½ cup Citron (sliced thin)
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Cloves
  • 2 tsp Cinnamon
  • 1 tsp Nutmeg
  • 4 Eggs (well beaten)
  • 1 tsp Baking Soda dissolved in 1 Tbsp warm water

  1. Flour the fruit thoroughly.

  2. In a large space, mix the eggs, sugar, spices, salt and milk.

  3. Stir in fruit, nuts, bread crumbs, and suet.

  4. Stir in dissolved baking soda.

  5. Add in flour.

  6. Boil or steam for 4 hours. (Hint: put the batter in a clean coffee can, seal the top with aluminum foil.)

  7. To flame pudding, warm ¼ cup of brandy. Make a small depression in the top of the pudding and pour brandy over it. Light with a match.