Name: How to Make a Sago Pudding
Ingredients: two table-spoonfuls of pearl sago; nutmeg

How to Make a Sago Pudding

A sweet pudding made from pearl sago, nutmeg, lemon peel, sugar, and egg, boiled after mixing.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription

How to Make a Sago Pudding

Ingredients

two table-spoonfuls of pearl sago
nutmeg

Directions

Prepare

Soak two tablespoonfuls of pearl sago with a teaspoonful of hot milk in a covered basin for a quarter of an hour.

Mix

Add a very little grated nutmeg or lemon peel, sugar to sweeten, and an egg.
Beat all together until thoroughly mixed.

Cook

Boil the pudding in a buttered basin or tea-cup.

By Charles Elme Francatelli. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Project Gutenberg).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Pearl sago: Swells as it soaks, giving the pudding its body and a soft, tender set.
Egg (in the method): Binds the mixture and helps it set firm when cooked.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.