Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, christmas pudding. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Christmas pudding is a type of pudding traditionally served as part of the Christmas dinner in the UK, Ireland and in other countries where it has been brought by British and Irish immigrants. It has its origins in medieval England, and is sometimes known as plum pudding or just "pud", though this can also refer to other kinds of boiled pudding involving dried fruit. This is just like traditional Christmas pudding, but with less fat.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook christmas pudding using 18 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Christmas Pudding:
- Make ready 8 oz shredded suet, vegetarian is fine
- Make ready 1 dessert spoon mixed spice
- Get 1/2 tea spoon grated nutmeg
- Get 1/4 tea spoon ground cinnamon
- Get 4 oz self raising flour
- Make ready 1 lb soft Brown sugar (I used muscovado)
- Get 12 oz white breadcrumbs (from stale bread) **
- Take 12 oz sultanas
- Take 1 lb currants
- Take 4 oz glace cherries, quartered
- Prepare 2 oz chopped almonds
- Prepare 2 oz chopped candied mixed peel
- Take Finely grated peel (zest) of 1 orange and 1 lemon
- Prepare 1 green Apple, peeled cored and finely chopped
- Prepare 4 eggs
- Make ready 10 fl oz stout (I used Guinness) ##
- Prepare 4 Tablespoons brandy or dark rum, or substitute orange juice
- Take 2 tablespoons brandy or rum, for 'Flaming'. Optional
The pudding cannot be eaten immediately; it does need to be stored and rested, then reheated on Christmas day. Eating the pudding immediately after cooking will cause it to collapse, and the flavors will not have had time to mature. On Christmas day, reheat the pudding by steaming again for about an hour. There's a plenty of great supermarket Christmas puddings.
Instructions to make Christmas Pudding:
- Place first seven ingredients in a large bowl, mix thoroughly, you can use your hands for this, add the fruit, candied peel and nuts, mix well, add the Apple and grated peel. Mix well, use a wooden spoon now.
- In another bowl or jug whisk the eggs, add the stout and brandy / rum and whisk again.
- Pour this mixture into the dry ingredients and mix well. Mixture should be 'dropping consistency, I.e just drop off spoon. If too stiff add drop more stout or orange juice.
- It is traditional for all family members to 'Stir and make a wish' at this point
- Cover bowl with cling film or a damp cloth, leave overnight for flavours to develope, stir again.
- Grease two 2 pint pudding basins, fill to brim with mixture, pack it down if necessary, cover with a disc of greaseproof paper, cover with aluminium foil or a pudding cloth, tie with string below the rim,fold the foil or cloth over the top. If using a flat bottom basin you can place a disc of greaseproof paper at the bottom to ease tipping out the pudding, remove before step 11 ignition !
- You now have a choice, either steam the puddings for 8 hours, make sure they don't boil dry. Or, cook in a pressure cooker, cook without pressure for 30 minutes, then at full (15 lb) pressure for 90 minutes.
- When cooked and cooled remove foil/ cloth and paper and replace with fresh. Store in a cool, dry place, will keep 12 months or more if stored correctly.
- When required either steam for two hours or pressure cook at full (15lb) pressure for 20 minutes, allow to de-pressurise before opening.
- Remove foil / cloth and paper, place a large plate on top, invert and shake out pudding.
- Now the 'Best Bit, pour over two tablespoons of brandy or rum and carefully ignite. This step is optional.Allow to flame out, cut in to wedges and serve.
- Serve with your choice of custard, cream(whipped or runny) and/ or brandy butter.
- This pudding is very rich, so be aware when serving !
- Will post photo of 'actual' pudding when dished up on Christmas day (if I remember !)
- If you don't have a stale loaf, make breadcrumbs from fresh bread and dry, without colouring, in a low oven. *
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You can use 5 fl oz Barley wine (if you can find it !) and 5 fl oz stout
Christmas Pudding, therefore, is translated to "Christmas Dessert". It is a quintessential British treat which is steamed (to cook it and reheat it) and then doused with brandy and set alight before serving, which is part of the Christmas tradition. It really is a fun way to end Christmas dinner! Classic Christmas pudding A homemade Christmas pudding is easy to make, then it just needs time in the steamer to turn it into a. I did substitute figs for the prunes, and equal cranberry and cherries for the sultanas.
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