Christmas Pudding Recipe
Ingredients
| Almonds or cashewnuts 115 gm. | ||
| Sultanas and Currants 225 gm. | ||
| Raisins | 225 Gram | |
| Peel | 115 Gram, candied | |
| Brown sugar | 225 Gram | |
| Breadcrumbs | 225 Gram | |
| Lime (juice and finely grated rind) 1 | ||
| Suet or margarine 115 gm. | ||
| Refined flour | 225 Gram | |
| Salt | 1/4 Teaspoon | |
| Ground cinnamon | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Ground nutmeg | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Ground cloves | 1/2 Teaspoon | |
| Eggs | 3 Small | |
| Cider, stout, or brandy 1 glass. | ||
Directions
1. Christmas pudding should be made well in advance. On the first day, prepare ingredients and on the second day prepare the basins and steam puddings. Set aside, and on Christmas day, reheat the pudding by steaming for another 2 hours.
2. Blanch almonds, and chop, or chop cashewnuts fine.
3. Mix pre-pared sultanas, currants, chopped raisins and candied peel together in a large basin.
4. Stir in chopped nuts, sugar, breadcrumbs, lemon rind and fat.
5. Sift flour, salt and spices together.
6. Beat eggs (yolk and white) and add lime juice and cider (if brandy is used, add fruit juice to a wineglass of brandy to make one full glass). Mix with flour.
7. Add flour and egg mixture to the other ingredients and mix well. Set aside.
8. On the second day, brush basin with melted fat and fill with pudding mixture.
9. Cover the basin with grease-proof paper and tie with a string.
10. Steam large puddings for 8 hours and smaller ones for 6 hours.
11. When the pudding is cold, cover with a fresh grease-proof paper and store in a cool dry place till Christmas.
12. Steam again and sprinkle icing sugar over.
13. Serve with grape sauce or brandy butter.
2. Blanch almonds, and chop, or chop cashewnuts fine.
3. Mix pre-pared sultanas, currants, chopped raisins and candied peel together in a large basin.
4. Stir in chopped nuts, sugar, breadcrumbs, lemon rind and fat.
5. Sift flour, salt and spices together.
6. Beat eggs (yolk and white) and add lime juice and cider (if brandy is used, add fruit juice to a wineglass of brandy to make one full glass). Mix with flour.
7. Add flour and egg mixture to the other ingredients and mix well. Set aside.
8. On the second day, brush basin with melted fat and fill with pudding mixture.
9. Cover the basin with grease-proof paper and tie with a string.
10. Steam large puddings for 8 hours and smaller ones for 6 hours.
11. When the pudding is cold, cover with a fresh grease-proof paper and store in a cool dry place till Christmas.
12. Steam again and sprinkle icing sugar over.
13. Serve with grape sauce or brandy butter.
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