American Medium Mrs. F.L. Gillette

Lemon Dumplings

Original Recipe

Mix together a pint of grated bread crumbs, half a cupful of chopped suet, half a cupful of moist sugar, a little salt and a small tablespoonful of flour, adding the grated rind of a lemon. Moisten it all with the whites and yolks of two eggs well beaten and the juice of the lemon, strained. Stir it all well together and put the mixture into small cups well buttered; tie them down with a cloth dipped in flour and boil three-quarters of an hour. Turn them out on a dish, strew sifted sugar over them and serve with wine sauce.

Ingredients

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  • 1 pint of grated bread crumbs
  • 1 cupful of chopped suet
  • 1 cupful of moist sugar
  • 1 little salt and a small tablespoonful of flour
  • 1 lemon
  • 10 and the juice of the lemon
  • 1 dish

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Mix together a pint of grated bread crumbs, half a cupful of chopped suet, half a cupful of moist sugar, a little salt and a small tablespoonful of flour, adding the grated rind of a lemon.

  2. 2

    Moisten it all with the whites and yolks of two eggs _well_ beaten and the juice of the lemon, strained.

  3. 3

    Stir it all well together and put the mixture into small cups well buttered; tie them down with a cloth dipped in flour and boil three-quarters of an hour.

  4. 4

    Turn them out on a dish, strew sifted sugar over them and serve with wine sauce.

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