American Medium Mrs. F.L. Gillette

Veal Pudding

Original Recipe

Cut about two pounds of lean veal into small collops a quarter of an inch in thickness; put a piece of butter the size of an egg into a very clean frying pan to melt; then lay in the veal and a few slices of bacon, a small sprig of thyme and a seasoning of pepper and salt; place the pan over a slow fire for about ten minutes, then add two or three spoonfuls of warm water. Just boil it up and then let it stand to cool. Line a pudding-dish with a good suet crust, lay in the veal and bacon, pour the gravy over it; roll out a piece of paste to form a lid, place it over, press it close with the thumb, tie the basin in a pudding cloth and put it into a saucepan of boiling water, keeping continually boiling until done, or about one hour.

Ingredients

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  • 2 pounds of lean veal into small collops a quarter of an inch in thickness
  • 1 piece of butter the size of an egg into a very clean frying pan to melt
  • 1 few slices of bacon
  • 1 small sprig of thyme and a seasoning of pepper and salt
  • 1 slow fire for about ten minutes
  • 2 or three spoonfuls of warm water
  • 1 good suet crust
  • 1 piece of paste to form a lid
  • 1 pudding cloth and put it into a saucepan of boiling water
  • 1 hour

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Cut about two pounds of lean veal into small collops a quarter of an inch in thickness; put a piece of butter the size of an egg into a very clean frying pan to melt; then lay in the veal and a few slices of bacon, a small sprig of thyme and a seasoning of pepper and salt; place the pan over a slow fire for about ten minutes, then add two or three spoonfuls of warm water.

  2. 2

    Just boil it up and then let it stand to cool.

  3. 3

    Line a pudding-dish with a good suet crust, lay in the veal and bacon, pour the gravy over it; roll out a piece of paste to form a lid, place it over, press it close with the thumb, tie the basin in a pudding cloth and put it into a saucepan of boiling water, keeping continually boiling until done, or about one hour.

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