English Plum Pudding Recipe
Preparing their favorite English Plum Pudding is a way of letting my family know that I love them. This English Plum Pudding is so tasty that I cannot resist serving it as a Dessert often. Believe me, just try this English Plum Pudding once, you'll love it.
Ingredients
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon mace
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 1/2 cups cut-up raisins (1/2 pound)
2 cups currants (1/2 pound)
3/4 cup finely cut-up citron
1/3 cup each cut-up candied orange and candied lemon peel
1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts
1 1/2 cups soft bread crumbs
2 cups ground suet (1/2 pound)
1 cup brown sugar (packed)
3 eggs, beaten
1/3 cup currant jelly
1/4 cup fruit juice
Hard Sauce
Directions
Grease well 2-quart ring mold or turk's head mold.
Measure flour, soda, salt, cinnamon, mace and nutmeg into large bowl.
Stir in fruits, nuts and bread crumbs.
Mix suet, brown sugar, eggs, jelly and fruit juice.
Stir into flour-fruit mixture.
Pour into mold.
Cover mold with aluminum foil.
Place rack in Dutch oven and pour boiling water into pan up to level of rack.
Place filled mold on rack.
Cover Dutch oven.
Keeps water boiling over low heat to steam pudding 4 hours or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean (If it is necessary to add water during steaming, lift lid and quickly add boiling water).
Unmold; cut into slices and serve warm with Hard Sauce.
Measure flour, soda, salt, cinnamon, mace and nutmeg into large bowl.
Stir in fruits, nuts and bread crumbs.
Mix suet, brown sugar, eggs, jelly and fruit juice.
Stir into flour-fruit mixture.
Pour into mold.
Cover mold with aluminum foil.
Place rack in Dutch oven and pour boiling water into pan up to level of rack.
Place filled mold on rack.
Cover Dutch oven.
Keeps water boiling over low heat to steam pudding 4 hours or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean (If it is necessary to add water during steaming, lift lid and quickly add boiling water).
Unmold; cut into slices and serve warm with Hard Sauce.
