A Bachelor's Pudding

Ingredients

• 4 oz grated bread
• 4 oz currants
• 4 oz apples
• 2 oz sugar
• 3 eggs
• a few drops of essence of lemon
• a little grated nutmeg

Instructions

1. Pare, core, and mince the apples very finely, sufficient, when minced, to make 4 oz.;
2. add to these the currants, which should be well washed, the grated bread, and sugar;
3. whisk the eggs, beat these up with the remaining ingredients, and, when all is thoroughly mixed, put the pudding into a buttered basin, tie it down with a cloth, and boil for 3 hours.