Fig Pudding
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound figs, chopped fine
- 1/2 pound bread-crumbs
- 2 tablespoonfuls flour
- 1 cup brown sugar or molasses
- 2 eggs
- 1 cupful suet, chopped fine
- 1/2 grated nutmeg or 1 teaspoonful cinnamon
- 1 cupful candied lemon peel and citron can be added if wished; an improvement
- milk sufficient to mix well together
1/2 teaspoonful soda
Directions
Rub the figs and sugar to a paste, mix with the bread-crumbs, flour and spice, beat the eggs light, add them, together with a little milk, very little will be required if molasses is used. Put the mixture in a buttered mold, tie a thick floured cloth over it tightly and boil four hours steadily.
