1 lb Flour
6 oz Beef suet finely minced
1 oz Flour (extra)
1/2 t Salt
1/2 pt Water or the yolks of 4 eggs
With a little water. 1 lb Beefsteak
1/2 oz Salt (extra)
1/2 t Pepper
1/4 pt Water
1. Grease a basin, put a large pot of water onto the boil.
2. Make the pastry with the flour, suet, salt, and water (or eggs)
3. Roll it out and line the basin leaving a piece for the lid
4. Cut the steak into convenient pieces, flour and season them with pepper
and salt; put them in the pudding. 5. Pour in the 1/4 pint of water, and put on the pastry lid.
6. Tie over with a floured cloth, and boil as above.
Taken from. GOOD THINGS IN ENGLAND, A practicle cookery book for everyday use. Edited by Florence White. —–