No. 187 Christmas Plum Pudding
Chop fine ½ pound beef suet. Stone and chop 1 pound raisins; wash and pick 1 pound currants. Soak the crumbs of a small loaf of bread in 1 pint of milk; when it has taken up all the milk, add to it the raisins, currants, and suet, 2 eggs well beaten, a tablespoonful of sugar, a wineglassful of brandy, the grating of 1 nutmeg, and other spices if desired. Boil 4 hours. For a sauce, beat ¼ pound butter to a cream with ½ pound powdered sugar and flavor with brandy.