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- From: jj@alice (Jim Johnston)
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- Subject: RECIPE: Carrot pudding
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- Date: 23 May 86 03:41:09 GMT
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE CARROT-PUDDING D "16 Dec 85" 1986
- .RZ "STEAMED CARROT PUDDING" "An old Welsh steamed carrot pudding"
- This is a good steamed pudding, despite the list of
- ingredients that are ``good for you''. The sauce (following the
- recipe) is not a necessity for good taste, only for authenticity,
- although I LIKE it with the sauce.
- .PP
- This is a very old recipe,
- I gathered it from my grandmother, who would have been
- 101 (sniff) this year, who learned it from her Welsh mother, who
- learned it from her ... (in Wales), \fIergo\fR it's at least
- 200+. Given its similarity to some late Medieval puddings,
- one might suspect that its origins are much earlier.
- .PP
- I determined the quantities listed here by measuring what my grandmother
- tossed into the pot.
- .sp
- .IH "makes about 5 pounds" "makes about 2 kg"
- .SH DRY INGREDIENTS
- .IG "2 cups" "all-purpose flour," "200 g"
- sifted and measured
- .IG "1\(12 tsp" "cinnamon" "7.5 ml"
- .IG "\(34 tsp" "cloves" "4 ml"
- .IG "1\(12 tsp" "salt" "7.5 ml"
- .IG "2 tsp" "double-acting baking powder" "10 ml"
- .SH OTHER PUDDING INGREDIENTS
- .IG "1\(12 cups" "raw, grated, or ground potatoes" "300 g"
- .IG "1\(12 tsp" "baking soda" "7.5 ml"
- .IG "1\(12 cups" "raw, ground carrots" "280 g"
- (use medium blade)
- .IG "1\(12 cups" "bread crumbs" "180 g"
- (dry, not toasted)
- .IG "1\(12 cups" "crisco shortening," "360 g"
- (solid white vegetable shortening)
- .IG "1\(12 cups" "brown sugar" "300 g"
- (light or dark, depends on what you like)
- .IG "1" "jumbo egg,"
- or 2 large eggs, lightly beaten.
- .IG "1\(12 tsp" "lemon extract" "7.5 ml"
- .IG "1\(12 tsp" "vanilla" "7.5 ml"
- .IG "1\(12 cups" "finely chopped walnuts" "140 g"
- (black walnuts are wonderful if you can get them)
- .IG "15 oz" "raisins" "420 g"
- .sp
- .SH SAUCE INGREDIENTS
- .IG "\(14 cups" "water" "60 ml"
- .IG "\(12 cups" "brown sugar" "100 g"
- (I use a mixture of light and dark)
- .IG "1 tsp" "vanilla" "5 ml"
- .IG "1 tsp" "lemon extract" "5 ml"
- .IG "1/8 tsp" "cornstarch," "1 ml"
- well divided
- .IG "1 Tbsp" "butter" "15 g"
- .PH "(Pudding)"
- .SK 1
- Mix the dry ingredients and set them aside.
- Grease completely three large
- .AB "(25-oz)" "(800 ml)"
- tin cans, such as the kind used for tomato pur\z\(aaee. Do NOT use the
- plastic-lined variety. Alternatively, grease one large steaming mold,
- with a hole in the center. Or improvise.
- .SK 2
- Add the potatoes. Mix well. Then, in turn, add the baking soda, the carrots,
- the bread crumbs, and the Crisco, making sure that you mix well after adding
- each ingredient. This matters, so do it! You may have to get some help from
- King Kong to blend adequately after adding the shortening.
- .SK 3
- Add, in sequence, the brown sugar, the beaten egg, the lemon extract, and
- the vanilla, mixing well after each addition.
- .SK 4
- Now, add the dry ingredients mixture, a bit at a time. The mixture will be
- extremely thick, and very difficult to mix.
- .SK 5
- Add the walnuts and the raisins. Mix them in. Go ahead. You're strong enough.
- .SK 6
- Push the mixture into the tins, with each about \(34 full, or a little more.
- Seal the tins with aluminum foil, and use a rubber band to hold the foil on.
- (the pudding should not be exposed directly to the steam).
- .SK 7
- Steam 1\(12 to 2 hours, (until the
- pudding seems uniform. You can't overcook it, so err on the long side,
- please!) and cool if you're not going to serve it right now.
- .SK 8
- Make the sauce by combining all of the sauce ingredients in a small saucepan
- and heating until it bubbles and all ingredients are dissolved.
- .SK 9
- To serve, reheat by steaming for at least 45 minutes, or serve out
- of the original pot.
- .NX
- This stuff keeps in the fridge nearly forever (at least a month) as long as
- you don't let it dry out.
- .PP
- Some add rum to this sauce. Suit yourself. I like it both ways.
- .PP
- Decant or spoon out (depends on if you want to be fancy
- or not) and serve with sauce, also steaming.
- .PP
- Then, don't eat for two days to make up for the calories.
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- moderate (considerable physical work required).
- .I Time:
- 1 hour preparation, 3 hours steaming.
- .I Precision:
- no need to measure.
- .WR
- Jim Johnston, (ihnp4;allegra;research)!alice!jj
- AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ
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