American Medium Mrs. F.L. Gillette

Boiled Currant Pudding

Original Recipe

Five cupfuls of sifted flour in which two teaspoonfuls of baking powder have been sifted, one-half a cupful of chopped suet, half a pound of currants, milk, a pinch of salt. Wash the currants, dry them thoroughly and pick away any stalks or grit; chop the suet finely; mix all the ingredients together and moisten with sufficient milk to make the pudding into a stiff batter; tie it up in a floured cloth, put it into boiling water and boil for three hours and a half. Serve with jelly sauce made very sweet.

Ingredients

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  • 5 cupfuls of sifted flour in which two teaspoonfuls of baking powder have been sifted
  • 1 cupful of chopped suet
  • 1 pound of currants
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 10 with sufficient milk to make the pudding into a stiff batter
  • 1 floured cloth
  • 3 hours and a half

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Five cupfuls of sifted flour in which two teaspoonfuls of baking powder have been sifted, one-half a cupful of chopped suet, half a pound of currants, milk, a pinch of salt.

  2. 2

    Wash the currants, dry them thoroughly and pick away any stalks or grit; chop the suet finely; mix all the ingredients together and moisten with sufficient milk to make the pudding into a stiff batter; tie it up in a floured cloth, put it into boiling water and boil for three hours and a half.

  3. 3

    Serve with jelly sauce made very sweet.

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