Card Color
#e91720
Card Label
Christmas
Recipe Name
Christmas Pudding
Difficulty
Hard
Preparation Time
24:00 (overnight)
Cooking Time
13:00
Total Time
13:00
Introduction
Get into the festive spirit with this rich, traditional British Christmas pudding!
Ingredients
- 50g Self-raising flour
- 1 tsp Cinnamon
- 1 tsp Nutmeg
- 1 tsp Mixed spice
- 100g Shredded suet
- 100g Fresh white breadcrumbs
- 1 Juice and rind of lemon
- 50g Soft brown sugar
- 50g Blanched almonds, chopped
- 100g Seedless raisins
- 100g Currants
- 100g Sultanas
- 50g Mixed peel
- 50g Prunes, stoned and chopped
- 1 tbsp Treacle
- 45ml Rum
- 150ml Stout or ale
- 2 Eggs
Method
- Step 1In a bowl, sieve together the flour and spices. Add the suet, breadcrumbs, lemon rind, sugar, nuts and dried fruit.
- Step 2Warm the treacle in a pan until it becomes runny. Add the rum, stout and lemon juice.
- Step 3Pour over the eggs and mix together. Add to the dry ingredients. Mix thoroughly, cover and stand overnight.
- Step 4Add a little milk if the mixture has stiffened. Preheat the slow cooker for 20 minutes.
- Step 5Turn the mixture into a butte 1 litre pudding basin or a basin which comfortably fits in the slow cooker without raising the lid and cover with foil.
- Step 6Stand in the slow cooker and add enough boiling water to come up the sides of the basin.
- Step 7Cook on HIGH for 13 hours. Allow to become cold.
- Step 8Remove foil and cover with greaseproof paper and fresh foil.
- Step 9Serve warm with plain or brandy custard.