Christmas Pudding
Cooking time: 3 h 30 minutes
Difficulty: Medium recipe
Recipe yield: 1,5 kg
British Food Recipes
Christmas pudding is probably after the turkey course, the main course for Christmas. Pudding is prepared in advance, for 3-4 weeks, after which it is wrapped in baking paper, foil and refrigerated so that the pudding is better infused. On Christmas Eve it is removed, heated and served. Oh yes, what about the arson show? Christmas pudding is placed on a dish, poured whiskey and set on fire. It turns out very beautifully.
Christmas pudding ingredients
- Raisins 300 g
- Dried cranberries 120 g
- Candied fruits 4 tbsp
- Almonds 50 g
- Apples 1 pcs
- Orange 1 pcs
- Lemon 1 pcs
- Butter 125 g
- Wheat flour 125 g
- Brown sugar 125 g
- Breadcrumbs 150 g
- Milk 150 ml
- Eggs 2 pcs
- Whiskey 2 tbsp
- Ground cinnamon 1 tsp
- Clove 4-5 pcs
- Nutmeg 0.5 tsp
- Cardamom 1-2 pcs
- Cocoa powder 1 tbsp
Christmas pudding recipe
To make a Christmas pudding recipe, prepare and weigh all the foods. Wash the apple, chop finely. Almonds, you can use other nuts, chop randomly.
Cut off the zest from orange and lemon, you can remove it with a grater. Finely chop the zest, you can use thin strips. Combine dried fruits, candied fruits, almonds, apples and chopped zest in a deep bowl.
Grate nutmeg, cloves and cardamom in a mortar with a little sugar. Add spices, breadcrumbs, flour, cocoa and brown sugar to dried fruits.
Next, add milk and melted butter. Mix everything well until smooth.
Pudding molds are well greased with butter. You can use one mold, approximately 1.5 liters, can be divided in half. You get two small puddings. Put the pudding in the molds, but not with a slide, 0.5-1 cm to the edge.
Cut out a circle from baking paper and cover it with pudding, and cover the pudding with foil on top and tie a rope around it.
Pour a small amount of water into the pan, put an inverted saucer at the bottom. This is to ensure that the bowl with the pudding does not burst when heated. Set a pudding on a saucer, pour hot water into half a bowl of pudding. Cover the pan with a lid and put on a slow fire. Cook the pudding for 3 hours. From time to time it will be necessary to observe that the water does not evaporate and add water.
Ready Christmas pudding out of the pan, remove the foil and paper, cover with a plate and turn over. If you cook it in advance, wrap the pudding in paper, then in film and place in the refrigerator. At Christmas, remove the pudding from the refrigerator, warm and serve. If not, then sprinkle the pudding with powdered sugar and you can serve.
