Plum Pudding (Steamed)
""... he stuck in his thumb, pulled out a plum and said, "what a good boy, am I.""
Traditional steamed Christmas pudding from my Grandma Anna Cotrill Tatum's recipe. Including directions for "hard sauce." Lemon sauce is a separate recipe. A "saltspoon" measure is approximately 1/3 teaspoon.
I have the small covered glass bowl my Grandma used for the hard sauce. It is cut in design on the inside, so when she turned it out to be used, it had pretty patterns on it."
- Ready In:
- 2160hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
directions
- Sift soda, salt and spice into the flour, rub in the suet and add raisins.
- Mix the milk and molasses, stir into the dry mixture.
- Butter a pudding mold.
- Turn mixture into mold.
- Steam for 3 hours.
- Remove from mold to serving plate.
- Cover with a clean tea towel.
- Keep pudding in insect-free, cool place for 3 months. (I just kept it covered in the 'fridge.).
- Pour brandy over pudding periodically, if desired.
- Hard Sauce.
- Rub the butter to a cream in a warm bowl, add sugar gradually then the flavoring.
- Pack smoothly in a small dish.
- Keep on ice until very hard.
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<p>Mother of 4, grandmother of 3.... <br /> <br />One of my favorite authors is Kipling, he had a way with words... <br />...when the moon gets up and night comes, he is the Cat that walks by himself, and all places are alike to him.... <br />Rudyard Kipling</p>
