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Paradise Pudding

Shred four ounces of beef suet very finely, and mix with it an equal weight of finely-grated bread-crumbs, half a salt-spoonful of salt, four table-spoonfuls of moist sugar, half a salt-spoonful of grated nutmeg, the grated rind and strained juice of a fresh lemon or a bitter orange, and six large apples, chopped small. Mix the dry ingredients thoroughly, then add three well-whisked eggs and a table-spoonful of brandy. Put the mixture into a buttered mould, which it must quite fill, tie a floured cloth over it, plunge it into boiling water, and let it boil quickly until it is done enough. Serve the pudding on a hot dish, with a sauce made as follows, poured over it. Put three table-spoonfuls of apple jelly into an enamelled saucepan with two table-spoonfuls of brandy. Stir them gently until the jelly is dissolved, then pour in gradually a quarter of a pint of thick cream, and stir the sauce briskly until it is on the point of boiling. It is then ready for serving. If preferred, this pudding may be baked instead of boiled. Time to boil the pudding, three hours; to bake, one hour and a half. Probable cost, ls. Sufficient for five or six persons.