Mrs Beeton Recipes

 Vicarage Pudding 1/4 lb flour 1/4 lb suet Tbsp raisins Tbsp currants Tsp sugar 1/2 tsp salt Mix ingredients well. Pour into a damp muslin cloth. Tie tightly. Boil  3 hours Serve sprinkled with sifted sugar More books

Potato Pudding 1/2 mashed potato 2 oz butter 2 eggs 1/4 pint milk 3 tbsp sherry Saltspoonful of salt Small lemon juice and rind 2oz sugar Add to mash butter, eggs, milk, sherry, salt, lemon, sugar Beat well. Put in buttered pie dish. Bake for rather more than 1/2 hour More food

Pease Pudding 1 1/2 pint Split Peas 2oz butter 2 eggs Pepper and Salt Soak peas in rainwater overnight Boil in rainwater until very soft Strain then push through collander Add butter, eggs, salt, pepper Blend well Put in tight tied muslin  Boil 1 hour Serve  More food

Mrs Beeton's Mansfield Pudding 2 bread rolls Pint of milk 4 eggs (whisked) 2 tbsp brandy 6 oz chopped suet 2 tbsp flour 1/2 lb (alternatively try raisins - ADF) 1/2 tsp grated nutmeg 2 tbsp cream (30ml - ADF) Slice rolls thin then pour over boiling milk Wait 1/4 hr then break up with fork and add sugar to taste then add other ingredients. Mix well. Put in buttered mould (or dish) Bake 1 and 1/4 hr Sprinkle with sugar More food ideas

 Mrs Beeton's  Military Puddings www.andrewdavidfrostbooks.com 1/2 lb suet 1/2 lb sugar 1/2 lb breadcrumbs Rind and juice 1 lemon Method Mince suet Mince lemon rind Combine with lemon juice and sugar Spoon into small buttered cups (cake cases perhaps? ADF) Bake for rather more than 1/2 an hour www.andrewdavidfrostbooks.com

Mrs Beeton's Cauliflower with Parmesan (Clearly a side dish then, but big-up the cauli if you fancy it as a main dish - ADF) 3 cauli florets  white sauce (butter/flour/milk) 2 tbsp rasped (grated) Parmesan cheese 3 tbsp bread crumbs Boil cauli til soft Pour over some white sauce Add cheese and bread crumbs Toast under grill til brown Add remaining white sauce Serve hot

 Marlborough Pudding 1/4 lb butter 1/4 lb sugar 4 eggs Puff pastry Jam (any) Beat butter and sugar til smoothly mixed Add whisked eggs Line pudding basin with pastry Spread jam over pastry Pour in butter/sugar/eggs mix Bake for rather more than 1/2 an hour