Sweet Potato Pudding

Boil one pound of sweet potatos very tender, rub them while hot through a colander; add six eggs well beaten, three quarters of a pound of powdered sugar, three quarters of butter, and some grated nutmeg and lemon peel, with a glass of brandy; put a paste in the dish, and when the pudding is done, sprinkle the top with sugar, and cover it with bits of citron.

Original Recipe

Boil one pound of sweet potatos very tender, rub them while hot through a colander; add six eggs well beaten, three quarters of a pound of powdered sugar, three quarters of butter, and some grated nutmeg and lemon peel, with a glass of brandy; put a paste in the dish, and when the pudding is done, sprinkle the top with sugar, and cover it with bits of citron. Irish potato pudding is made in the same manner, but is not so good.

Ingredients

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  • 1 pound sweet potatoes
  • 6 eggs
  • 0.75 pound powdered sugar
  • 0.75 pound butter
  • nutmeg
  • lemon peel
  • 1 glass brandy
  • paste
  • sugar
  • citron

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Boil one pound of sweet potatos very tender, rub them while hot through a colander; add six eggs well beaten, three quarters of a pound of powdered sugar, three quarters of butter, and some grated nutmeg and lemon peel, with a glass of brandy; put a paste in the dish, and when the pudding is done, sprinkle the top with sugar, and cover it with bits of citron.

  2. 2

    Irish potato pudding is made in the same manner, but is not so good.

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Recipe by mary-randolph from The Virginia Housewife; Or, Methodical Cook (1824)