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Prince Alfred’s Pear Pudding

A pear pudding made by puréeing pears, adding clarified isinglass, and setting in a mold.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Prince Alfred’s Pear Pudding

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Prepare a puree of pears as you would for apples.

  2. Add ¼ ounce of clarified isinglass to the puree and mix well until combined.

  3. Pour into a mold and let it set before serving.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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.

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What each ingredient does

Puree of pears
Provides the main body, sweetness and fruit flavour of the pudding.
Clarified isinglass
Gelatin-like setting agent that firms the puree so it holds its shape when chilled.

“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.

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