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To make a quaking pudding

To make a quaking pudding is a traditional British recipe, based on Hannah Glasse's recipe of 1747, for a classic Georgian/Regency version of that most Elizabethan of puddings made from a cream, egg and breadcrumb batter steamed until just set and served with cream. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic British version of: To make a quaking pudding.

prep time

20 minutes

cook time

40 minutes

Total Time:

60 minutes

Serves:

4–6

Rating:

Tags : Bread RecipesDessert RecipesMilk RecipesBritish Recipes

This is a traditional British recipe redacted from Hannah Glasse's 1747 volume The Aft of Cookery Made Plain and Easy, the classic Georgian cookbook.

Original Recipe

To make a quaking pudding.


Take a pint of good cream, ſix eggs, and half the whites, beat them well, and mix with the cream ; grate a little nutmeg in, add a little ſalt, and a little roſe-water, if it be agreeable ; grate in the crumb of a halfpenny roll, or a ſpoonful of flour, firſt mixed with a little of the cream, or a ſpoonful of the flour of rice, wich you pleaſe. Butter a cloth well, and flour it then put in your mixture, tie it not too cloſe, and boil it half an hour faſt. Be ſure the water boils before you put it in.

Modern Redaction

This is a Georgian/Regency version of that classic Elizabethan pudding, the quaking pudding (you can find the Elizabethan version of quaking pudding here).

Ingredients:

600ml double cream
3 whole eggs
3 egg yolks
freshly-grated nutmeg, to taste
pinch of salt
1 tbsp rose water
120g breadcrumbs or 2 tbsp plain flour or 2 tbsp ground rice

Method:

Beat the eggs and egg yolks well in a bowl then work in the cream. Add the rose water and salt then grate in nutmeg to taste. Now work in the breadcrumbs (if you are using flour or ground rice, mix these to a smooth paste with a little of the cream mixture before whisking into the main mixture).

Pour the mixture into a greased pudding basin, add a lid and wrap in a double layer of foil. Place in a steamer basked above a pan of boiling water and cook for about 35 minutes, or until just set.

Turn out onto a serving dish, pour over a little cream and serve.

Find more Hannah Glasse Recipes Hereand more Traditional Georgian Recipes Here.