Black Pudding - Blood Sausage (no Casings)

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 1/4 quarts lamb blood (lamb or goose blood might also be used)
• 8 7/8 ounces bread, cut into cubes
• 1 1/4 quarts skim milk
• 1 lb cooked barley
• 1 lb beef suet
• 8 ounces oatmeal
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons ground black pepper
• 2 teaspoons dried mint, crumbled

Recipe

• 1 place the bread cubes to soak in the milk in a warm oven, taking care not heat the milk beyond blood temperature.
• 2 have the blood ready in a large bowl, and pour the warm milk and bread into it.
• 3 stir in the cooked barley.
• 4 grate the beef suet into the mixture and stir it up with the oatmeal.
• 5 season with the salt, pepper and mint.
• 6 have ready 2 or three large roasting pans. divide the mixture between them that they are not more than 3/4 full.
• 7 bake at 350f for about an hour or until the pudding is well cooked through.
• 8 keep in the refrigerator.
• 9 when ready to cook, cut into squares and fry in bacon fat or butter until heated through and the outside is crisp.