Black Pudding

Black pudding is known throughout the British Isles, but is especially popular in the Midlands and the North. The chief ingredient, pig’s blood, must be drawn immediately the animal is killed and stirred constantly to remove fibres and to prevent clotting. Scalded pig intestines are used for the sausage skins. (Sausage skins, also called ‘casings’, can be ordered from your butcher. Or – horror of horrors - you can buy artificial ones.) Instead of putting the pudding mixture into sausage ski