Christmas Pudding 1 Pint

The recipe stipulates a 1 7 litre 3 pint 7 cups 1 7 quarts basin and the steaming time is initially 5 hours followed by 3 hours for the second steaming before eating usually on christmas day.

Christmas pudding 1 pint. This recipe makes one large pudding in a 2 pint basin ceramic bowl. Mix all of the ingredients together and place in a well greased 2 pint pudding bowl. Put a circle of. Hi i am looking at making the traditional christmas pudding however only want to make a small one a 1 pint size.

Stir in the eggs and brandy and mix well. The most irish christmas dessert has to be guinness christmas pudding with guinness whipped cream. Mix together all the dry ingredients. You will need two days to make it plus 6 8 weeks for maturing time so best to make it in late october early november.

Brandy and spices provide a deep. The christmas pudding is very simple to make. Asked on 20 nov 2020 by valaddy. Cover with a disc of parchment paper and then a tightly fitting lid.

However the dessert usually exclusively enjoyed on december 25th is not the most. Lightly butter a 2 1 2 pint pudding basin. Spoon the mix into basins. The recipe i posted is indeed nana s recipe halved so it fits in one 2 pint british pudding basin or two 1 pint british pudding basins.

Unlike american puddings a christmas pudding is a dark sticky and dense sponge more like a fruitcake made of mixed dried fruit candied fruit peel apple and citrus zests. Lightly grease 4x600ml 1 pint or 2x1 2 litre 2 pint pudding basins. Making a 1 1 2 pint christmas pudding. Can i simply half the mixture or divide it between two bowls.

From delia smith s christmas cookbook. If you want two smaller puddings use two 1 pint basins but give them the same steaming time. However if you were making the recipe in a bowl measured to us pints it would not be big enough because the recipe i posted makes 40 ounces of pudding 2 british pints. I d love to make delias christmas pud but i have only small 1 5 pt bowls.

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. I am wondering the following 1 is it ok to half the recipe 2 the steaming time for a 1 pint pudding basin and 3 is it ok to use a plastic basin with a lid and if so do i still put a disc of parchment paper on top of the pudding before putting the lid on.