Plum Pudding - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 c. mincemeat
1 c. plums, minced
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 1/2 tsp. ginger
1/4 tsp. salt
1 c. milk
3 c. coarse dry bread crumbs
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
6 eggs
1 c. brandy

Preparation

Combine the mincemeat, bread crumbs, plums, salt and spices in a mixing bowl.
In another bowl, beat eggs until foamy.
Add milk. Add this to the dry mixture and stir well.
Add brandy and mix well.
Pour into a buttered 2-quart pudding mold.
Cover with a lid.
Place mold on a rack in a large pan, then add boiling water halfway up the side of the mold.
Cover the large pan with foil or a lid and steam over low heat for 4 hours.
Occasionally check water level to see if more needs to be added.
Cool, turning pudding out of mold.
Soak with brandy.