Christmas plum pudding
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becs-table.com.auA beautiful, soft, not cloyingly sweet Christmas plum pudding. This recipe can be made and eaten straight away, or can be made a few months in advance.
Equipment
- This recipe needs to be steamed so you'll need a steaming bowl and something to steam it in. See my tips.
Ingredients
- 35 g glace cherries
- 70 g dates
- 130 g currants
- 130 g sultanas
- 70 g raisins
- 35 g mixed peel
- 5 g orange rind
- 5 ml orange juice
- ½ Granny Smith apple grated
- 15 g Grand Marnier
- 5 - 20 g brandy
- 60 g golden syrup
- 130 g unsalted butter
- 60 g caster sugar
- 10 g soft brown sugar
- 3 whole eggs
- 65 g soft breadcrumbs
- 95 g plain flour
- Pinch salt
- Pinch cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- Pinch mixed spice
- Pinch nutmeg
Instructions
- Wash all dried fruit and drain well
- Mix together all the dried fruit with the rind, juice, Grand Marnier, brandy, golden syrup and grated apple and set aside best if you can leave this overnight for the fruit to absorb the wonderful flavours
- Cream the butter, caster and soft brown sugar until light and fluffy
- Add in the eggs, one at a time (don’t panic if this seems to curdle it’s the number of eggs used)
- In a separate bowl mix together all the dry ingredients and breadcrumbs
- Blend the dry ingredients into the creamed butter mix till fully incorporated.
- Add this mix to the dried fruit and stir to fully combine.
- Grease a pudding basin with melted butter
- Place a round of baking paper in the bottom of the mould to prevent sticking when turning out.
- Place the mix into a 1-litre pudding basin and seal.
- In a large pot pour enough water to come halfway up the sides of the basin and cover tightly.
- Bring to a rolling boil for around 4 hours.
- This is now ready to set aside for Christmas. Best practice is that on the day, you put the pudding back on to boil for 1 to 2 hours, serve with brandy custard, brandy butter, warming spice ice-cream whatever you like really.
- But if you’re desperate for a little rest, as I’ve been known to do by the time dessert needs to be dished up, warm it whatever way you wish. It’s been cooked through and it'll be fine.
- Can be eaten any time of year.
Notes
Steaming trick from my Nan.
Place a clean 10c coin in the bottom of your large pot, add your pudding to the steamer section, pop the lid on, then start the steaming process. When the water starts to boil you’ll hear the coin bouncing on the bottom of the pot. When you can no longer hear the coin bouncing you know the water has run out and you need to top up.
Place a clean 10c coin in the bottom of your large pot, add your pudding to the steamer section, pop the lid on, then start the steaming process. When the water starts to boil you’ll hear the coin bouncing on the bottom of the pot. When you can no longer hear the coin bouncing you know the water has run out and you need to top up.