Christmas Pudding Pan

Put the christmas pudding in the steamer cover and leave to steam for 2hrs 15 mins.

Christmas pudding pan. Cover the pan with a tight fitting lid and bring the water to the boil. Put the sprig of holly on top of the dark mutely gleaming pudding then heat the vodka in a small pan i use my diddy copper butter melting pan and the minute it s hot but before it boils you don t want the alcohol to burn off before you attempt to flambé it turn off the heat strike a match stand back and light the pan of vodka then pour the flaming vodka over the pudding. A christmas plum pudding also called figgy pudding is divine dark moist rich and fruity. This steamed pudding recipe was adapted from fannie farmer s english plum pudding i from the 1918 edition of her cookbook the last one she wrote.

A pudding is steamed so it s cooked on the stove not in the oven. Remove lid invert pudding on to a plate peel off baking parchment disk and serve. Top up water roughly every 45 minutes or when necessary. The pudding is now ready to go into the pan.

Allow to bubble away for 2 3 minutes still stirring until the sugar has dissolved and the sauce is pale caramel in colour and slightly thickened. Reheat in the same way as you steamed your pudding for 1 2 hours when to cook. It takes time to make but that rich flavor is worth the wait and. Pour the sauce over the pudding and decorate with the whole mixed nuts.

Lift the pudding out of the pan after four hours making sure you keep the greaseproof lid on that way you can store the christmas pudding for up to two months. If serving immediately carefully lift pudding out of pan by the handle and leave to stand for a few minutes. Fill a saucepan quite full with boiling water put it on the heat and when it comes back to the boil place a steamer on top of the pan and turn it down to a gentle simmer. For the sauce put everything in a pan and bring slowly to the boil stirring.

When the pudding is steamed cut the string around the bowl. Steam for several hours or as the recipe indicates. Once the christmas pudding is cooked cool and cover with fresh parchment and foil before storing in a cool dry place. On christmas day steam the pudding again for another two hours and serve perhaps with a sprig of holly on top and a splash of brandy to light.

It took a little while for me to persuade the supposed dried fruit haters of the family to try my homemade ones but one bowlful and the most staunch christmas pudding opponents have been convinced of how delicious it is. Remove from the heat.