Christmas Pudding Victorian

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Christmas pudding victorian. The craze and popularity of the plum pudding were so much that even the writers and poets based their creations around the puddings. The lack of flour in this makes a lighter crumb and there is no bitter after taste that you get in some commercially. Before she married my husband s grandpa joe nana was head cook in a stately home. I have made it many times and given smaller versions away as gifts to friends the lovely thing about this pudding is that it is fruity and boozy but it is not.

Authentic victorian christmas pudding. One pudding was specifically for my father s birthday in july. My mother always made three christmas puddings because they would keep for months and they took so much effort to make. I discovered this recipe in an old victorian scrapbook that i bought in a second hand book shop.

She said that this was also what her own mother used to do in victorian times. The original recipe dates back to 1880 and was the prized christmas pudding recipe of the cook at a manor house in the north of england. Why several christmas puddings. Miss windsor excitedly presents mrs beeton s traditional british christmas pudding recipe a frightfully fruity remarkably rich temptingly moist and abundantly boozy classic festive dessert which i discovered buried deep within my culinary bible my 1906 edition of mrs beeton s book of household management page 939 to be exact how spiffing.

Joe became a widower when my husband s father was just 3. For victorian citizens of the british empire the christmas pudding was a summation of their conception of the world. A globelike mass studded with savory bits from distant colonies bound. I make no apologies for sharing my traditional victorian christmas pudding recipe again this year as it is a very fine pudding indeed as it s a wonderfully rich and fruity pud and is still light enough for those who dislike the heavy canon ball style puddings.

Order your copy of mrs crocombe s cookery book here. Prior to the 19th century the english christmas pudding was boiled in a pudding cloth and often represented as round. The new victorian era fashion involved putting the batter into a basin and then steaming it followed by unwrapping the pudding placing it on a platter and decorating the top with a sprig of holly. 450g 1lb shredded beef suet 225g 8oz flour 225g 8oz breadcrumbs 225g 8oz sugar 450g 1lb raisins 450g 1lb currants large pinch freshly grated nutmeg or to taste.