Cornish Recipes > Helston Pudding
2 tablespoons currants
2 tablespoons suet
2 tablespoons ground rice
1/2 tablespoon candied peel
1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1/2 teaspoon mixed spice
2 heaped tablespoons plain flour
pinch of salt
milk
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- Dissolve the bicarbonate in the milk.
- Put all the dry ingredients into a bowl and mix together.
- Add the milk and bicarbonate mixture and mix well.
- Pour into a well-greased basin and cover with a piece of greaseproof paper and a floured pudding cloth.
- Stand in a pan of boiling water and boil for about 2 hours.
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How to make Helston pudding:
A steamed pudding with the unusual addition of ground rice which is traditional to Helston.Ingredients
2 tablespoons raisins2 tablespoons currants
2 tablespoons suet
2 tablespoons ground rice
1/2 tablespoon candied peel
1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1/2 teaspoon mixed spice
2 heaped tablespoons plain flour
pinch of salt
milk
(see measure conversions for more information)
Method
- Chop the peel up finely.- Dissolve the bicarbonate in the milk.
- Put all the dry ingredients into a bowl and mix together.
- Add the milk and bicarbonate mixture and mix well.
- Pour into a well-greased basin and cover with a piece of greaseproof paper and a floured pudding cloth.
- Stand in a pan of boiling water and boil for about 2 hours.
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"Two tablespoons of raisins and currants, sugar, bread crumbs, 3 spoons shredded suet, 1 piece candied peel, half teaspoonful of mixed spice, 2 tablespoons of ground rice, pinch of salt. Moisten in milk in which half a teaspoonful of carbonate of soda has been dissolved. Mix well and boil in buttered mould or basin for 2 hours."