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Gooseberry Pudding, Baked

INGREDIENTS for dish sufficient for 4 or 5 persons.-Gooseberries, 3 eggs, 15 oz. of but- GOOSEBERRY SAUCE. ter, 1/2 pint of bread-crumbs, sugar to taste, a little puff-paste. AVERAGE COST, 1s.

Put the gooseberries into a jar, previously cutting off the tops and tails; place this jar in boiling water, and let it boil until the gooseberries are soft enough to pulp; then beat them through a coarse sieve, and to every pint of pulp add 3 well-whisked eggs, 1 oz. of butter, pint of bread-crumbs, and sugar to taste; beat the mixture well, put a border of puff-paste round the edge of a pie-dish, put in the pudding, bake for about 40 minutes, strew sifted sugar over and serve.

TIME. -About 40 minutes.

SEASONABLE from May to July.

Gooseberry Pudding, Boiled. - INGREDIENTS for pudding large enough for 6 persons. lb. of suet crust, 1½ pint of green gooseberries, 1/4 lb. of moist sugar.

AVERAGE COST, 18.

Line a pudding-basin with suet crust rolled out to about 1/24 inch in thickness, and with a pair of scissors, cut off the tops and tails of the gooseberries; fill the basin with the fruit, put in the sugar, and cover with crust.

Pinch the edges of the he pudding together, tie over it a a floured cloth, put it into boiling BOILED FRUIT PUDDING. water, and boil from 2 to 3 hours; turn it out of the basin, and serve with a jug of cream or milk.

TIME.-2 to 3 hours.

SEASONABLE from May to July.

Gooseberry Sauce (for Boiled Mackerel.) - INGREDIENTS for sufficient sauce for 4 mackerel.-1 pint of green gooseberries, 3 tablespoonfuls of Béchamel (veal gravy may be 'substituted for this), 2 oz. of fresh butter, seasoning to taste of salt, pepper and grated nutmeg. AVERAGE COST, 6d.

Boil the gooseberries in water until quite tender; strain them, and rub them through a sieve. Put into a saucepan the Béchamel or gravy, with the butter and seasoning; add the pulp from the gooseberries, mix all well together, and heat gradually through.

A little pounded sugar added to this sauce is by many persons considered an improvement, as the saccharine matter takes off the extreme acidity of the unripe fruit.

TIME. - Boil the gooseberries from 20 minutes to 1/2 hour.

SEASONABLE from May to July.

GOOSEBERRY TART.