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Eve's Pudding

A historical recipe from The National Cook Book, 9th ed., by Peterson, Hannah Mary (Bouvier) (1856).

A historical recipe

The National Cook Book, 9th ed., by Peterson, Hannah Mary (Bouvier) (1856). Project Gutenberg eBook #45572.

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Source and licence

From The National Cook Book, 9th ed., by Peterson, Hannah Mary (Bouvier) (1856). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #45572 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45572). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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Ingredients

Method

  1. 275.
  2. Six eggs, Six apples, Six ounces of bread crumbs, Six ounces of currants, Six ounces of sugar, Nutmeg to the taste, Half a salt spoonful of salt.
  3. Beat the eggs very light, add to them the apples, which must be finely chopped, the currants, sugar and bread crumbs, nutmeg and salt.
  4. If the mixture should be too thick, add a little milk.
  5. Pour the batter in a pan leaving a space at the top, tie a cloth tightly over the pan so as to exclude all the water, and let it boil three hours.
  6. Serve it with sweet sauce.