Name: 20 Century: War & Peace Pudding
Yield: Makes 1 pudding in a 14 cm (5½ inch/No. 42) diameter basin (mould)
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon ground allspice or mixed spice; 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); 1 tablespoon mixed dried fruit, soaked in water, rum or brandy; 100 g (3½ oz) potatoes, grated; 2 tablespoons warm water; 30 g (1 oz) shredded suet; 30 g (1 oz/½ cup) fresh breadcrumbs; 85 g (3 oz) plain (all-purpose) flour; 75 g (2¾ oz) carrots, grated

Preparation info

Makes
1
pudding in a 14 cm 5½ inch /No. 42) diameter basin (mould)

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pride and Pudding

By Regula Ysewijn

Published 2016

About

During wartime, ingredients for plum pudding were hard to come by so the Ministry of Food produced a recipe for a ‘War and Peace Pudding’ made of carrots, potatoes and suet. The recipe also appeared as a ‘Wartime Christmas Pudding’. Carrots and potato were both promoted by the Ministry of Food because they grew easily and were plentiful, and therefore they were important to keep people healthy. Potato was often used as an alternative to other ingredients in dishes and carrots were used beca