Steps to Make Any-night-of-the-week Christmas Pudding

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Hey everyone, I hope you're having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, christmas pudding. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I'm gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

A flaming Christmas pudding is the ultimate end to a Christmas meal. We've got classic Christmas pudding recipes that make several large puddings for Stir-up Sunday and quick versions if you've. The Original Victorian Christmas Pudding Recipe : 'Food, Glorious, Food': Cooking with Dickens.

Christmas Pudding is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It's enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it's fast, it tastes yummy. Christmas Pudding is something which I've loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook christmas pudding using 18 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Christmas Pudding:

1. {Prepare 8 oz of shredded suet, vegetarian is fine.
2. {Prepare 1 of dessert spoon mixed spice.
3. {Take 1/2 tea spoon of grated nutmeg.
4. {Take 1/4 tea spoon of ground cinnamon.
5. {Prepare 4 oz of self raising flour.
6. {Make ready 1 lb of soft Brown sugar (I used muscovado).
7. {Get 12 oz of white breadcrumbs (from stale bread) **.
8. {Take 12 oz of sultanas.
9. {Take 1 lb of currants.
10. {Make ready 4 oz of glace cherries, quartered.
11. {Make ready 2 oz of chopped almonds.
12. {Make ready 2 oz of chopped candied mixed peel.
13. {Make ready of Finely grated peel (zest) of 1 orange and 1 lemon.
14. {Make ready 1 of green Apple, peeled cored and finely chopped.
15. {Prepare 4 of eggs.
16. {Prepare 10 fl oz of stout (I used Guinness) ##.
17. {Make ready 4 Tablespoons of brandy or dark rum, or substitute orange juice.
18. {Prepare 2 tablespoons of brandy or rum, for 'Flaming'. Optional.

Christmas pudding is the dessert traditionally served on Christmas Day in the United Kingdom (especially England) and some other Commonwealth countries such as Australia, New Zealand and Canada. The British Christmas Pudding is a very rich traditional dessert, served as part of Christmas Day The pudding is made as much as three months before Christmas because, stored correctly, the. Christmas puddings as we now serve them are another 'tradition' invented by the Victorians. In medieval England puddings were popular and eaten all year round and not just at Christmas time.

Instructions to make Christmas Pudding:

1. 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..
2. In another bowl or jug whisk the eggs, add the stout and brandy / rum and whisk again..
3. 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..
4. It is traditional for all family members to 'Stir and make a wish' at this point.
5. Cover bowl with cling film or a damp cloth, leave overnight for flavours to develope, stir again..
6. 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 !.
7. 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..
8. 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..
9. When required either steam for two hours or pressure cook at full (15lb) pressure for 20 minutes, allow to de-pressurise before opening..
10. Remove foil / cloth and paper, place a large plate on top, invert and shake out pudding..
11. 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..
12. Serve with your choice of custard, cream(whipped or runny) and/ or brandy butter..
13. This pudding is very rich, so be aware when serving !.
14. Will post photo of 'actual' pudding when dished up on Christmas day (if I remember !).
15. If you don't have a stale loaf, make breadcrumbs from fresh bread and dry, without colouring, in a low oven. *.
16. ## You can use 5 fl oz Barley wine (if you can find it !) and 5 fl oz stout ##.

The Christmas pudding is a brown pudding with raisins, nuts and cherries. It is similar to fruitcake, except that pudding is steamed and fruitcake is baked. © copyright of projectbritain.com. No British Christmas is complete without a Christmas pudding. Unlike American puddings, a Christmas pudding is a dark, sticky, and dense sponge, more like a fruitcake, made of mixed dried. Traditional Christmas pudding recipes go hand in hand with Christmas Day.

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