Subject: RECIPE: Steamed persimmon pudding
From: marianne@tekecs (Marianne Evans)
Date: 19 Dec 86 02:59:08 GMT
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.RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE PERSIM-PUDDING D "17 Nov 86" 1986
.RZ "STEAMED PERSIMMON PUDDING" "Holiday persimmon pudding with walnuts"
This is a simple steamed pudding gotten from Sunset Magazine many
years ago.  It has become a holiday tradition with my family.
.IH "Serves 6\-10"
.IG "1 cup" "persimmon pulp," "300 g"
pur\z\(aaeed (about 2 large persimmons)
.IG "\(12 cup" "milk" "125 ml"
.IG "2 Tbsp" "butter," "25 g"
melted
.IG "2 tsp" "vanilla extract" "10 ml"
.IG "2 cups" "regular all-purpose flour" "200 g"
.IG "1 cup" "sugar" "200 g"
.IG "1\(12 tsp" "baking soda" "7.5 ml"
.IG "1 tsp" "salt" "5 ml"
.IG "\(12 tsp" "cinnamon" "2.5 ml"
.IG "1 cup" "golden raisins" "150 g"
.IG "\(12 cup" "chopped walnuts" "60 g"
.PH
.SK 1
Blend together the persimmon pulp, milk, butter, and vanilla.
.SK 2
Sift flour, measure, and sift again with sugar, soda, salt, cinnamon.
.SK 3
Combine the liquid ingredients with the dry ingredients, and stir in the
raisins and nuts.
.SK 4
Pour into a well-buttered
.AB "6-cup" "1.5-liter"
mold. Cover tightly with a buttered lid.
.SK 5
Place the mold in a deep pan,
using a rack or inverted perforated foil pan to keep the mold out of the
water.  Pour boiling water into the deep pan just up to, but not touching,
the mold.
.SK 6
Cover tightly and keep the water simmering; add boiling water as
necessary.  Steam the pudding for 1 hour 45 minutes to 2 hours, depending
upon the size and shape of the mold. The pudding is done when a toothpick
comes out clean.
.SK 7
Cool about 10 minutes before unmolding. Serve warm, with hard sauce.
.SH RATING
.I Difficulty:
easy.
.I Time:
10 minutes preparation, 2 hours steaming.
.I Precision:
approximate measurement OK.
.WR
Marianne Evans
Tektronix, Wilsonville, Oregon, USA
[email-masked]