04.Christmas pudding recipe
Make your own Christmas pudding with this recipe from Pamela Clark, Director of Australian Women's Weekly (AWW) Test Kitchen.
Steamed Christmas pudding
Ingredients
- 3 cups (450g) chopped mixed
- dried fruit
- ¾ cup (180ml) water
- 1 cup (220g) firmly packed
- brown sugar
- 100g butter, chopped
- 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 2 eggs, beaten lightly
- ¾ cup (120g) finely chopped dried
- seedless dates
- ¾ cup (120g) finely chopped raisins
- 2 tablespoons dark rum
- ¾ cup (110g) plain flour
- ¾ cup (110g) self-raising flour
- 1 teaspoon mixed spice
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
Method
1. Combine mixed fruit, water, sugar and butter in
a medium saucepan. Stir over medium heat until
butter melts and sugar dissolves; bring to the
boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for six
minutes. Stir in bicarb
soda. Transfer mixture
to large bowl; cool to
room temperature.
2. Stir in eggs, chopped
fruit, rum and sifted
dry ingredients.
3. Grease a two-litre
(eight-cup) pudding
steamer; spoon mixture
into steamer. Top with
pleated baking paper and
foil (to allow pudding to
expand as it cooks);
secure with kitchen
string or lid.
4. Place pudding in large
pot with enough boiling
water to come halfway
up side of steamer. Cover
with a tight-fitting lid
and boil for four hours,
replenishing water as
necessary to maintain
level. Stand pudding for
10 minutes before turning
out onto plate; serve with
custard if desired.
Recipe provided by AWW. Photo credit: Ian Wallace; Styling: Louise Pickford.