Suet pudding : Food Combining Hay Diet

serves 4

8 oz / 200 g wholemeal flour

4 oz / 100 g chopped dates

4 oz / 100 g chopped suet

1 egg (optional)

water

salt to taste

Instructions

• Mix all the dry ingredients together.

• ( Beat in the egg )

• Add sufficient water for the ingredients to form a soft dough.

• Place the mixture in a 1 3/4 pint / 1 litre pudding bowl.

• Cover the bowl with a sheet of greaseproof paper and then with a clean cotton cloth. Tie securely round under the lip of the bowl with string.

• Lower the bowl into a steamer over boiling water and steam for 2 hours.

• Serve hot.

• Include sultanas, chopped apricots, chopped figs, stem ginger.

• Place two tablespoons of molasses in the pudding bowl before adding the soft dough.