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Omnibus Pudding

From Mrs. Beeton's household management (1907).

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A historical recipe

Mrs. Beeton's household management, by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton (1907).

United Kingdom

Known as a British recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards. Printed in United Kingdom: that says where the book was made, not where the dish comes from.

Ingredients 1 ingredient

  1. a pint of milk

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. Ingredients.
  2. — 3 ozs.
  3. of flour, 3 ozs.
  4. of finely-chopped suet, 3 ozs.
  5. of stoned raisins, 2 ozs.
  6. of golden syrup warmed, £ of a pint of milk.
  7. Method.
  8. — Mix all the ingredients thoroughly together, pour into a well -buttered basin, and steam for 2 hours.
  9. Serve with a suitable sauce.
  10. Time.
  11. — 2\ hours.
  12. Average Cost, 4|d.
  13. Sufficient for 3 or 4 persons.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Steamer
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
Source public domain per archive.org metadata; unverified
Credit

From Mrs. Beeton's household management (1907), printed page 958, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/mrsbeetonshouse00beetuoft

What was changed: Read by machine from the book's scanned text into ingredients and method. The title's capitals were tidied; spelling and scanning errors are left as they are.