Boiled Gooseberry Pudding

Origin: London, England

Source: Isabella Beeton, 1861

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Line a pudding-basin with suet crust no. 1215, rolled out to about 1/2 inch in thickness, and, with a pair of scissors, cut off the tops and tails of the gooseberries;
  2. fill the basin with the fruit, put in the sugar, and cover with crust.
  3. Pinch the edges of the pudding together, tie over it a floured cloth, put it into boiling water, and boil from 2-1/2 to 3 hours;
  4. turn it out of the basin, and serve with a jug of cream.

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