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Christmas Plum Pudding

A historic Canadian dish of raisins, currants, suet, sugar and flour. Adapted from Christmas Plum Pudding, from Canadian Farm Cook Book (1911).

Adapted from Christmas Plum Pudding, in Canadian Farm Cook Book (1911), preserved in the Open Recipe Archive's The Canadian Kitchen collection and marked public domain. The method is condensed from the original and the quantities are restated in modern units; see the archive record at https://github.com/AdamBouhmad/open-recipe-archive/blob/main/collections/canadian-kitchen/recipes/christmas-plum-pudding-4.md.

Ingredients

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Christmas Plum Pudding

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Cooking Instructions

  1. Stone raisins if not the dressed ones

  2. Wash, dry and pick currants

  3. Mince suet fine

  4. Cut into thin slices the mixed peel

  5. Grate fine the bread crumbs

  6. Sift the flour

  7. Add spices, sugar and salt

  8. Beat the eggs and add the milk

  9. Stir well that everything may be thoroughly blended

  10. Press into buttered moulds or basins

  11. Tie down tightly with a floured cloth

  12. Boil from 6 to 8 hours

  13. Serve hot with a good sweet sauce

Adapted from Open Recipe Archive · Canadian Farm Cook Book (1911; archive record marked public domain). View a published recipe at Internet Archive (opens in a new tab)