Christmas Pudding Using Mincemeat

This is an ideal no fuss entertaining recipe.

Christmas pudding using mincemeat. You can make this on stir up sunday if you wish just keep the pudding in the fridge until christmas day and then re. Lightly grease a 2 quart ring mold or souffle dish and line the bottom with parchment paper grease the paper. It s christmas pudding for the 21st century. This is such an easy to make pudding and one that i discovered about 30 years ago on a stork margarine recipe leaflet.

I have been using regular mincemeat rum raisin mincemeat or brandy date mincemeat. Spoon batter evenly into prepared dish. Our last minute christmas pudding is a genius quick fix dessert as it simply requires microwaving. I usually pour a shot of very hot brandy over the pudding and light it to make a nice effect.

Put the mincemeat in a large baking dish and bake for two to two and a half hours. This slow cooker mincemeat pudding is ideal if you aren t a fan of the traditional christmas pudding with its deep rich flavours and dried fruit. I have made 6 so far this year and hand them out as christmas or new year s gifts. Stir in the booze spoon into sterilised jars seal and store in a dry dark cool place until christmas.

An alternative to christmas pudding. In ireland my mum like many others would always get these jobs done in october so the cakes and puddings would have time to sit and allow for the flavors to develop. Scale 1x 2x 3x. No slaving over boiling pans and the end result is much lighter and tastier than the traditional version.

Easy mincemeat christmas pudding. Believe it or not you can create a squidgy christmas pudding in just 25 minutes using shop bought mincemeat. Sift the self raising flour and spice together and stir into the mincemeat mixture with the breadcrumbs. To flame the pudding pour about 4 tbsp of brandy all over it.

However i always use butter and although this does not need to be made weeks before christmas the taste and flavour is still rich with a lovely fruitiness. Carefully set light to this and pour onto the pudding. Empty the mincemeat into a large bowl and using a wooden spoon stir in the grated orange zest and brandy. Stir until batter is well combined.

They all turn out delicious. This is the easiest christmas pudding recipe and takes under an hour to make. Pour the mincemeat mixture over the dry ingredients along with beaten eggs and nuts. This lightly spiced pudding with added mincemeat is great for mince pie lovers and still has that christmassy vibe.

The time where we are busy in the kitchen getting christmas cake christmas puddings and mincemeat made so it has ample time to rest and settle before christmas. If using souffle dish invert a greased glass in the centre of dish.