Quick Christmas pudding
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- + up to 2.5 hrs steaming
- Easy
- Serves 8
Ingredients
- 200g (preferably made from slightly old bread) white breadcrumbs
- 200g mixed dried fruit
- 200g soft light brown sugar
- (beef or vegetable) 200g suet
- 100g self-raising flour
- 100g ground almonds
- 1 tsp mixed spice
- 2 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 carrot, grated
- 2 eggs, whisked
- a splash stout or beer
Method
- STEP 1
Put all the ingredients in a large mixing bowl and stir. Add some beer if it seems too stiff and get every member of the family to give it a stir and make a wish before you put it into a 1-litre pudding basin. Cover the top with a double layer of greaseproof paper and tie round the edge with string. Put on a trivet in a pan with water in the bottom, cover and steam for 1 hour 30 mins to 2 hours (insert a knife; it should come out not too sticky). Cool and store in a cold, dark place until christmas.
- STEP 2
To finish cooking, steam for 30 minutes and serve with custard or brandy butter.