Easy Christmas Steamed Pudding Recipe, How to Make Steamed Christmas Pudding
Servings: 6 People
Total Time: 3 hours 30 minutes
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 3 hours
Easy Christmas Steamed Pudding the best recipe of Christmas dessert to cook. This is a very popular dessert prepared in advanced and kept for it get matured and yield the better taste. This recipe of steamed christmas pudding uses very common ingredients. Check how to make christmas pudding with fruit mince.
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup candied orange and lemon peels chopped
- 1/4 cup seedless dates chopped
- 1/2 cup cashew nuts chopped
- 1/4 cup currants chopped
- 1/4 cup raisins chopped
- 2 tbsp brandy
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1/4 cup refined flour
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon powder
- 1/4 tsp cloves powder
- 1/4 tsp nutmug powder
- 1 +1/2 cup fresh white bread crumbs
- 6 tbsp butter
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs beaten
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Instructions
- Mix together orange and lemon peel, dates, cashewnuts, currants, raisins, brandy and lemon juice very well.
- Sift together flour, cinnamon, clove and nuteg powders and mix in the breadcrumbs.
- Mix butter and sugar and beat till light and fluffy. Gradually add eggs, beating well after each addition. Fold in the prepared flour and fruits and nuts mixtures.
- Spoon the mixture in to the greased pudding basin (1 litre mould), gently putting the mixture . Cover the mould tightly with grease proof paper / baking paper securely tied.
- Place the pudding mould in the steamer filled nearly 1/2 with water and steam for 2.5 – 3 hours. Check the water level frequently, the water should not dry. Check if the pudding is ready by piercing the toothpick and see if it comes out clean.
- Remove the pudding from the steamer, and let it cool naturally.
- Remove the wrappings and again wrap it tightly in new greaseproof paper / aluminium foil. Keep it at cool place till christmas.
- Before serving again steam it for one hour, then cut the Xmas Pudding into small portions.
- Serve the Easy Christmas Steamed Pudding with brandy sauce or custard or ice cream and decorated with cherries.
Notes
- You can use baking paper instead of greaseproof paper
- Try to prepare this steamed christmas pudding in advance, because gets more matured and yields better taste
- Check the water level while the steaming process is one, if necessary more water can be added.
- Any leftover pudding can be refrigerated or frozen (well wrapped). And again reheated by wrapping the baking paper or aluminium foil
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