Fig Pudding

Another of Avis’ many recipes for steamed suet pudding, this is a classic of the mid-Victorian era. Figs would have been among the many fruits grown in the kitchen garden at Audley End, so were readily available fresh, although the pudding also works with dried fruit. The original recipe does not specify which she used. Like many such pudding recipes, it is very versatile and the same basic concept can be used for other sweet fruit, fresh or dried.