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English Black Pudding
 
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes
Cook Time: 140 Minutes
Ready In: 140 Minutes
Servings: 24
Black Pudding has been made and served across the UK and Europe for centuries. Don't let the ingredients put you off. It's a traditional breakfast accompaniment.
Ingredients:
1 quart pig, lamb or goose blood
16 oz milk
salt and pepper
1 lb. shredded suet
2 large onions, minced
1 oz oatmeal, toasted
a length of sausage skin to stuff
Directions:
1. Bring a large stewpot 3/4 full of water almost to a boil
2. Pour the blood into a deep bowl
3. Add 1 tsp salt, stirring constantly
4. Strain with a seive
5. Add milk, mix well
6. Add suet, minced onions, toasted oatmeal, 1 tsp salt and 2 tsp black pepper and mix well
7. Fill skins using a sausage stuffing machine or a funnel with a large opening, making the sausages the length you require. Do not overstuff or the sausages will burst when cooked
8. Cut each sausage leaving a length of skin on each end in order to tie them off
9. Put the finished sausages in the water for a few minutes
10. Prick each sausage with a cooking fork and turn them in the water
11. Cook gently for about 2 hours
12. Remove from pot and hang to let cool
13. When cool, slice and fry
14. In Northumberland, Black Puddings used to be sent out as presents at Martinmas.
By RecipeOfHealth.com