Nana's Steamed Carrot Pudding

Total Time: 4 hrs Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 cup raw grated carrot
• 1 cup raw grated potato
• 1 cup suet
• 1 cup seedless raisin
• 1 cup currants
• 3 tablespoons shredded mixed peel
• 1 lemon, juice and zest of
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 3/4 cups water
• 1 teaspoon lemon rind
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon butter

Recipe

• 1 in a medium bowl, combine carot, potato, suet, raisins, currants, peel, lemon juice, and zest. set side.
• 2 in a large bowl, beat egg; add sugar and molasses, mixing well. add carrot mixture. in a separate bowl, sift dry ingredients together and add to egg mixture.
• 3 cover with greased brown paper or tin foil. tie cover in place. place bowl in steamer and add water to come halfway up bowl.
• 4 steam for 4 hours. serve hot with lemon sauce. makes 8-10 servings.
• 5 variation: you can substitute 1 cup margarine for suet. place margarine in the freezer for 30 minutes before shredding it into the mix.
• 6 sauce: in a saucepan, combine sugar, cornstarch, salt and water. bring to a boil, recduce heat and let bubble gently for about 15 minutes. just before serving, add lemon rind, juice and butter. makes about 2 cups.