Ingredients. - Eight ounces of bread in small dice, four ounces of castor sugar, four eggs, one pint of milk, two wine-glassfuls of Madeira or sherry, two teaspoonfuls of grated lemon rind.

Method. - Mix the bread, sugar and lemon rind together in a bowl. Boil the milk, pour it on the beaten eggs, stirring meanwhile, add the sherry, and pour over the dice of bread, etc. Let it soak for fifteen or twenty minutes, then pour into a buttered mold, and steam gently for two hours. Serve with custard, or wine sauce, or jam syrup.