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Welcome to the Eastern Essex
of the good old days
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Marshland Group of Websites
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Time to allow:
Portions :
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Ingredients
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Amount
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Type of raw ingredient
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Modern Substitutes
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two large |
carrots |
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two tablespoons |
sugar |
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four ounces |
flour |
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four ounces |
rice |
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three ounces |
raisins |
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one ounce |
chopped peel |
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four ounces |
finely chopped suet |
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half a teaspoon |
mixed spice |
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Half a teaspoon |
egg powder |
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Method
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Wash, scrape and cook carrots until tender |
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2
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Rub through a seive and add the sugar to the pulp |
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Put into a basin - flour, rice, raisins, peel, suet, mixed spices and egg powder and mix well |
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4
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Add the carrot and make into a firm batter but do not add any other liquid |
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5
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Boil in a well greased basin for 4 hours |
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Recipe Comments
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The carrot makes the pudding as light as if egg had been used
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