1 Litre Christmas Pudding

To steam pudding in oven.

1 litre christmas pudding. Pack in the pudding mixture. Place roasting tin on foil. Trim off any excess paper. Cover with buttered greaseproof paper then foil both pleated in the middle.

You will need 3 x 1 2 litres two pints plastic pudding basins and lids buttered greaseproof paper large enough to cover the top of each pudding with a single pleat down the centre. Cut a piece of parchment paper to fit the circle at the bottom of the bowl and place it inside the greased basin. Although i stipulate a capacious 1 7 litre 3 pint 1 quart basin and cannot extol the utter gloriousness of this pud too much i know that you re unlikely to get through most of it even half of it at one sitting. Put a circle of.

Get motivated in november to make your christmas pudding to have it mature in time for christmas. Preheat oven to 150 c 300 f gas 2. Spoon in the mixture and level the surface. You will need a 1 2 litre 2 pint pudding basin baking paper foil and.

Put two long strips of tin foil crosswise on work top. Next day transfer to a greased 1 litre 2 pint pudding bowl. Thaw overnight at room temperature and proceed as recipe on christmas day. Lightly grease 4x600ml 1 pint or 2x1 2 litre 2 pint pudding basins.

Spoon the mix into basins. However the pudding batter is also enough to fill two smaller basins one of 1 2 litres 2 pints 5 cups and one of 600ml 1 pint 2 1 2 cups. Cover with a double layer of baking parchment pleating it to allow for expansion then tie with string keep the paper in place with a rubber band while tying. Lightly butter a 1 25 litre 2 pint pudding bowl.

Mix together all the dry ingredients. While many christmas pudding recipes require you to make it ahead of time. Stir in the eggs and brandy and mix well. Steam for about 6 hours.

Sit pudding bowl into the tin and fill with boiling water to within 1 of the top of tin. Prepare a tall pot or dutch oven by placing a shallow ramekin or dish in the bottom of the pot. Make and freeze the christmas pudding for up to 1 year ahead. Transfer to a lightly greased 1 2 litre pudding basin or heatproof bowl.