Recipe - Beefsteak Pudding From 1845

1 pound Flour
6 ounce Beef suet finely minced
1 ounce Flour (extra)
One half teaspoon Salt
One half pt Water or the yolks of 4 eggs
With a little water
1 pound Beefsteak
One half ounce Salt (extra)
One half teaspoon Pepper
One fourth pt Water

1. Grease a basin, put a large pot of water onto the boil.

2. Make the pastry with the flour, suet, salt, and water (or eggs)

3. Roll it out and line the basin leaving a piece for the lid

4. Cut the steak into convenient pieces, flour and season them with pepper
and salt; put them in the pudding.

5. Pour in the One fourth pint of water, and put on the pastry lid.

6. Tie over with a floured cloth, and boil as above.

Taken from. GOOD THINGS IN ENGLAND, A practicle cookery book for everyday
use. Edited by Florence White.

Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 22:30:52 +0100 (BST)

From: Matt Johnston M.D.Johnston@bradford.ac.uk

MMRecipes Digest V3 #156

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