Christmas Pudding And Custard

Miss windsor excitedly presents mrs beeton s traditional british christmas pudding recipe a frightfully fruity remarkably rich temptingly moist and abundantly boozy classic festive dessert which i discovered buried deep within my culinary bible my 1906 edition of mrs beeton s book of household management page 939 to be exact how spiffing.

Christmas pudding and custard. Fill the dough into a buttered pudding mold and seal with a lid or aluminum foil. Christmas pudding packed with sultanas currants glazed cherries and dorset ale spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg. Bake in a preheated oven at 150 c fan. A fruity pud served with orange custard cream makes the perfect end to the traditional christmas meal 6 hrs and 30 mins.

The key difference between fruit cake and christmas pudding is that fruit cake is a cake containing dried fruits nuts and spices made with butter and baked in the oven while christmas pudding is a steamed suet pudding. 130 c gas mark 1 approximately 300 f for about 3 hours for the uniform cooking. Use this sauce on christmas pudding but only for the adults. Combine the dried fruit with the whisky in a large mixing bowl.

After soaking combine the flour breadcrumbs suet sugar spices baking powder eggs grated apple and orange zest in a large mixing bowl beat well until smooth about 2 3 minutes. Although there are some similarities between the two there is a distinct. Stir in 6 to 8 tablespoons of good quality brandy. Make this vegan christmas pudding as part of a festive feast packed with dried figs raisins sultanas and a tot of rum.

Christmas pudding is also known as plum pudding because of the abundance of prunes in it. This traditional dessert has a long history dating all the way back to medieval times. Both fruit cakes and christmas puddings are two sweet dishes popular during the christmas season. Keep the pudding in the closed mold until ready to serve.

The rich and heavy pudding is boiled or steamed made of a heavy mixture of fresh or dried fruit nuts. Reserve some without any alcohol for the children. Mix well and let cool off in the fridge. Custard does make the perfect partner for most british puddings and desserts and especially a christmas pudding.

Place the mold in a baking tray and pour hot water into the tray. Stir in the juice of 3 meyer lemons plus 1 2 teaspoon of zest. Stir well and then cover and set aside to soak for at least 2 days preferably longer. Don t get it confused with american pudding english christmas pudding is more cake than custard.

Up to 1 week. Keep reading to learn all about this festive dessert.