Then another slice of bread-and-b.u.t.ter and more gooseberries.
Continue in this manner until the dish is full.
Bake gently for one hour.
Gingerbread Pudding.
_Ingredients_-- lb. of flour.
lb. of treacle.
lb. of finely chopped suet.
3 teaspoonfuls of ground ginger.
teaspoonful of baking powder.
2 oz. of candied peel.
1 egg.
A little milk.
_Method._--Put the dry ingredients into a basin.
Mix with the egg, well beaten, treacle and milk.
Boil in a greased basin for three hours.
Economical Bread Pudding.
_Ingredients_-- lb. of sc.r.a.ps of bread.
lb. of finely-chopped suet.
lb. of currants.
3 oz. of moist sugar.
1 egg.
_Method._--Soak the bread in cold water until soft; squeeze it quite dry.
Beat it up with a fork.
Add to it the suet, sugar, and currants, which should be well washed and dried.
Mix with the egg, well beaten.
Boil in a greased basin for an hour.
Economical Ginger Pudding.
_Ingredients_-- lb. of sc.r.a.ps of bread.
lb. of finely-chopped suet.
2 oz. of moist sugar.
2 tablespoonfuls of treacle.
3 teaspoonfuls of ground ginger.
_Method._--Soak the bread in cold water until quite soft.
Squeeze it dry, and beat with a fork until quite fine.
Add the suet, sugar, and ginger, and mix with the treacle.
Boil in a greased basin for an hour.
Economical Fig Pudding.
_Ingredients_-- lb. of sc.r.a.ps of bread.
lb. of finely-chopped suet.
lb. of figs.
1 egg.
3 oz. of moist sugar.
_Method._--Soak the bread in cold water until quite soft.
Squeeze it dry.
Add to it the suet, sugar, and figs, chopped small, and mix with beaten egg.
Boil in a greased basin for one hour.
Economical Lemon Pudding.
Make like preceding recipe, subst.i.tuting the grated rind and juice of two lemons for the figs.
Currant Pudding.
_Ingredients_--3 eggs.
The same weight of sugar, flour, and bread-crumbs.
Suet, currants, minced apples.
A little grated lemon rind.
A little milk.
_Method._--Chop the suet finely, and add to it the sugar, flour, bread-crumbs, minced apple, currants, and grated lemon rind.
Mix with the eggs, well beaten, and a little milk.
Boil in a greased basin for three hours.
Plain Cold Cabinet Pudding.