Christmas Steamed Pudding
Ingredients
- 1 cup beef suet, minced
- 1 cup melted butter
- 1/2 pound flour
- 1/2 pound raisins
- 1/2 pound currents
- 5 ounces candied orange and lemon peel
- 6 ounces brown sugar
- 5 eggs, beaten
- 4 ounces fine bread crumbs
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 4 ounces minced nuts
- 1 ounce cinnamon
- 1 ounce nutmeg
- 1/2 ounce allspice
- 1 cup rum
Instructions
Sift flour and spices together. Mix with suet. Stir in all other ingredients. Grease and flour a square of muslin. Turn out onto the muslin. Place in a pan of simmering water with a plate on the bottom. Simmer slowly for four hours. Remove pudding and sprinkle with sugar. Pour heated rum over the top and light.
