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 Soaked bread mixed with suet, egg, butter, sugar, sweet spices and dried fruit. Spread in a tray and baked. Sometimes with a jam layer. A form of Bread Pudding.  Original Receipt in Marjorie Cashmore's 'A Feast of Memories: Black Country Food and Life at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century', published in 1986 by Westwood Press;Bread Pudding or Fill Belly 2 lbs stale bread 3 eggs 1/2 lbs shredded suet 2 oz butter or margarine 1 lb granulated or brown sugar 1 teaspoons mixed spice 1 lb mixed dried fruit Soak the bread in water, then drain and squeeze out the excess moisture. Flake with a fork and add the remaining ingredients. Mix well together and spread the mixture into a greased baking tin. Dot with butter and bake in a moderate oven for about two hours or until nicely browned. (A variation is to make a pastry base, spread it with jam and then cover with the bread pudding mixture. Bake.  |
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