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Christmas Pudding Recipe
Ingredients
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- 1.5 litre pudding basin
- 175g sultanas
- 175g raisins
- 50g dried figs chopped
- 50g dried apricots chopped
- 50g dates chopped
- (total 500g of fruit, mix can be varied)
- 30g glace cherries chopped
- 75ml stout
- 25ml brandy
- 1 apple peeled, cored and grated
- Juice and zest of 1 orange
- 3 eggs
- 175g muscovado sugar
- 125g shredded suet
- 125g sourdough breadcrumbs
- 100g self raising flour
- 1 tsp mixed spice
Method
- Soak all the dried fruit overnight in the alcohol
- The next day add the grated apple, orange zest and juice
- Beat the eggs
- Add the sugar and beat
- Then add the suet, breadcrumbs, flour and spice, keep beating until mixed
- Combine the two mixes together, stir well
- Line the bottom of the pudding with a disk of greaseproof
- Cover the top with a double of layer of greaseproof and foil
- Gather and tie tightly with string
- Steam for 3 1/2 hours, then store until Christmas day
