English Christmas Pudding Ii

Total Time: 3 hrs Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 3 cups flour, sifted
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon clove, ground
• 1 cup molasses
• 1 cup milk
• 1/3 cup mixed candied fruit
• 1/3 cup raisins
• 1/3 cup walnuts, chopped
• 1/2 cup suet, finely chopped or 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 1 quart milk
• 1 cup sugar
• 10 egg yolks
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 vanilla bean

Recipe

• 1 mix all dry ingredients, fruit, raisins, nuts and suet. add molasses and then milk to rinse all molasse s into the mixture. mix well.
• 2 grease and flour a 3 pound empty crisco can or similar size, smooth sided can.
• 3 put mixture into can.
• 4 cover with double thickness of aluminum foil.
• 5 tie foil on with string.
• 6 set can in large pot or kettle half full of water.
• 7 cover and steam 2 1/2 hours after water boils.
• 8 serve slices covered with hot vanilla sauce* and real whipped cream.
• 9 bring 3 1/2 cups milk and vanilla bean to a boil.
• 10 whip sugar and yolks over hot water to lukewarm.
• 11 stir in cornstarch to remaining cold milk.
• 12 add the cornstarch mixture to the boiling mixture and bring to a full boil.
• 13 pour the boiling starch-milk over the lukewarm egg-sugar mixture, whisking forcefully.
• 14 keep warm on steam table or double boiler.
• 15 this sauce is good over puddings and souffles.