This is the real bread pudding that our grandmothers used to make, and we loved so much. Yet if you look down the list of ingredients, you will see that it reads like a shopping list from a health farm.
225 g (8 oz) wholemeal bread scraps, crusts removed
300 ml (1/2 pint) skimmed milk
30 g (1 oz) wholemeal flour
1 tsp baking powder
60 g (2 oz) vegetable suet, chopped
1 tsp grated lemon rind
1 tsp mixed spice
60 g (2 oz) each of currants, raisins and sultanas
30 g (1 oz) mixed cut peel
30 g (1 oz) unrefined soft brown sugar
1 egg, beaten
300 ml (1/2 pint) skimmed milk
30 g (1 oz) wholemeal flour
1 tsp baking powder
60 g (2 oz) vegetable suet, chopped
1 tsp grated lemon rind
1 tsp mixed spice
60 g (2 oz) each of currants, raisins and sultanas
30 g (1 oz) mixed cut peel
30 g (1 oz) unrefined soft brown sugar
1 egg, beaten
method
1. Break the bread into small pieces and put these into a large bowl. Pour the milk over the bread and allow to stand for about half an hour.
2. Put the flour into a small bowl and mix in the baking powder, chopped vegetable suet, lemon rind and spice.
3. Squeeze as much milk as possible out of the bread into a separate bowl. Beat all the lumps out of the bread with a fork, or whisk.
4. Stir the flour and suet mixture into the bread, along with the dried fruit and the sugar.
5. Add the beaten egg and the reserved milk to the bread and fruit mixture.
6. Pour the bread and fruit mixture into a well-greased, ovenproof baking dish, or tin. Stand the dish, or tin, in a roasting pan and pour in enough hot water to come halfway up the sides of the baking dish.
7. Put the bread pudding into a preheated oven, 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4, and cook for MM hours.
8. Allow the pudding to cool slightly, before turning out onto a serving plate, if serving hot, or onto a wire cooling rack to allow to cool, before cutting into squares and serving like a cake.
2. Put the flour into a small bowl and mix in the baking powder, chopped vegetable suet, lemon rind and spice.
3. Squeeze as much milk as possible out of the bread into a separate bowl. Beat all the lumps out of the bread with a fork, or whisk.
4. Stir the flour and suet mixture into the bread, along with the dried fruit and the sugar.
5. Add the beaten egg and the reserved milk to the bread and fruit mixture.
6. Pour the bread and fruit mixture into a well-greased, ovenproof baking dish, or tin. Stand the dish, or tin, in a roasting pan and pour in enough hot water to come halfway up the sides of the baking dish.
7. Put the bread pudding into a preheated oven, 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4, and cook for MM hours.
8. Allow the pudding to cool slightly, before turning out onto a serving plate, if serving hot, or onto a wire cooling rack to allow to cool, before cutting into squares and serving like a cake.
serving amount
serves 6 - 8
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