Neil Forbes' Christmas Pudding
Author: Chef Neil Forbes, Cafe St Honore
Recipe type: Christmas
Cuisine: British
Serves: 8
- 25g sultanas
- 125g currants
- 125g raisins
- 20g glacé cherries, chopped
- 20g mixed peel
- ½ bramley apple, grated
- 20g carrot, grated
- 2 tsp finely grated orange zest
- 40g prunes, stoned and chopped
- 50g plain flour (use gluten free flour if you wish)
- 20g ground almonds
- 60g bread crumbs
- 1tbsp milk
- 50g soft dark brown sugar
- 75g proper beef suet
- 1 tbsp golden syrup
- 1 egg
- Pinch each of salt, mixed spice and cinnamon
- Glug each of brandy, sherry and rum
- 4 tbsp stout
- Place the sultanas, currants and raisins in a large bowl. Add the alcohol and leave to soak overnight.
- Line a 2 pint pudding basin with muslin, leaving enough spare to tie at the top.
- Add the rest of the ingredients to the bowl of soaked fruit and mix well.
- Fill the lined pudding basin with the mix and tie up the muslin with a piece of string.
- Gently steam the pudding for 2 hours in a lidded pot (water covering half the pudding basin). Don’t allow to boil dry.
- Before serving, check that the centre of the pudding is piping hot.
- Serve with brandy sauce or pouring cream.
Recipe by Edinburgh Foody at http://www.edinburghfoody.com/2014/11/22/our-top-12-foods-for-christmas/
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