Original Receipt in 'The Book of Household Management', 1861, edited by Isabella Beeton (See Mrs.B)MANSFIELD PUDDING.
1303. INGREDIENTS: The crumb of 2 rolls, 1 pint of milk, sugar to taste, 4 eggs, 2 tablespoonfuls of brandy, 6 oz. of chopped suet, 2 tablespoonfuls of flour,½ lb. of currants,½ teaspoonful of grated nutmeg, 2 tablespoonfuls of cream.
Mode: Slice the roll very thin, and pour upon it a pint of boiling milk; let it remain covered close for ¼ hour, then beat it up with a fork, and sweeten with moist sugar; stir in the chopped suet, flour, currants, and nutmeg. Mix these ingredients well together, moisten with the eggs, brandy, and cream; beat the mixture for 2 or 3 minutes, put it into a buttered dish or mould, and bake in a moderate oven for 1-1/4 hour. Turn it out, strew sifted sugar over, and serve.
Time: 1-1/4 hour.
Average cost: 1s. 3d.
Sufficient: for 6 or 7 persons.
Seasonable: at any time.