Christmas Pudding Easy

3 hours 45 mins.

Christmas pudding easy. For the plums and milk for the ale if you wish. Spoon the mix into 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. Easy steamed christmas plum pudding.

You ll need two 1 2 litre pudding basins. Let s face it these days many people often think that making a christmas or plum pudding is just too difficult or too time consuming while others think that a traditional pudding is a bit too rich and heavy. This is a fairly basic british christmas plum pudding recipe but unlike other recipes it can actually have plums in it. Once well combined tip into a buttered 1 5 litre pudding bowl.

No british christmas is complete without a christmas pudding. Christmas pudding is an integral part of festive celebrations but as loved as it is some people find it too much especially children. My family s great depression era christmas pudding recipe is very quick and. Mix together all the dry ingredients.

It is so much better than any store bought pudding. Unfortunately the ingredient list is so long it isn t easy to make it in less than industrial quantities. Lightly grease 4x600ml 1 pint or 2x1 2 litre 2 pint pudding basins. Brandy and spices provide a deep complex flavor and signature dark color.

For the pudding empty the first six cups and the nuts if using into a mixing bowl with the spices then stir in the milk and egg. Put a circle of. 2 hours 45 mins. Beat eggs and sifted brown sugar in a small bowl with an electric mixer until thick and creamy.

For a christmas dessert that is rich and full of flavour try this easy steamed plum pudding recipe. Grease a pudding steamer or basin 1 75 litre 7 cup capacity line base with a round of baking paper. Making a christmas pudding from scratch sadly seems to be a dying art. Remove from water and store well wrapped until christmas.

Place pudding in a large saucepan and add enough boiling water to fill halfway up the sides. Stir in the eggs and brandy and mix well. But i have a great solution for you. Cover and bring to the boil reduce the heat and cook for 1 1 4 hours for the small puddings or 5 hours for the large pudding replenishing water when needed.

Lesley waters last minute christmas pudding recipe is a lifesaver if you ve left it all to the last minute this christmas.