Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, christmas pudding. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Serve up some traditional puddings this Christmas. Christmas pudding is generally made from a combination of dried fruit, candied fruit peel, and citrus zests in a dense, sticky sponge cake. It can be flavored with cinnamon, brandy, rum, or other spices for moisture and taste. When Do You Serve Christmas Pudding?

Christmas Pudding is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Christmas Pudding is something which I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook christmas pudding using 18 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Christmas Pudding:

1. Prepare 8 oz shredded suet, vegetarian is fine
2. Prepare 1 dessert spoon mixed spice
3. Prepare 1/2 tea spoon grated nutmeg
4. Prepare 1/4 tea spoon ground cinnamon
5. Get 4 oz self raising flour
6. Take 1 lb soft Brown sugar (I used muscovado)
7. Prepare 12 oz white breadcrumbs (from stale bread) **
8. Make ready 12 oz sultanas
9. Prepare 1 lb currants
10. Make ready 4 oz glace cherries, quartered
11. Make ready 2 oz chopped almonds
12. Make ready 2 oz chopped candied mixed peel
13. Make ready Finely grated peel (zest) of 1 orange and 1 lemon
14. Take 1 green Apple, peeled cored and finely chopped
15. Get 4 eggs
16. Take 10 fl oz stout (I used Guinness) ##
17. Get 4 Tablespoons brandy or dark rum, or substitute orange juice
18. Make ready 2 tablespoons brandy or rum, for 'Flaming'. Optional

Christmas pudding is a type of pudding traditionally served as part of the Christmas dinner in the UK, Republic of Ireland and in other countries where it has been brought by British and Irish immigrants. It has its origins in medieval England, and is sometimes known as plum pudding or just "pud", though this can also refer to other kinds of boiled pudding involving dried fruit. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Combine the flour, baking powder and cinnamon; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition.

Instructions to make Christmas Pudding:

1. Place first seven ingredients in a large bowl, mix thoroughly, you can use your hands for this, add the fruit, candied peel and nuts, mix well, add the Apple and grated peel. Mix well, use a wooden spoon now.
2. In another bowl or jug whisk the eggs, add the stout and brandy / rum and whisk again.
3. Pour this mixture into the dry ingredients and mix well. Mixture should be 'dropping consistency, I.e just drop off spoon. If too stiff add drop more stout or orange juice.
4. It is traditional for all family members to 'Stir and make a wish' at this point
5. Cover bowl with cling film or a damp cloth, leave overnight for flavours to develope, stir again.
6. Grease two 2 pint pudding basins, fill to brim with mixture, pack it down if necessary, cover with a disc of greaseproof paper, cover with aluminium foil or a pudding cloth, tie with string below the rim,fold the foil or cloth over the top. If using a flat bottom basin you can place a disc of greaseproof paper at the bottom to ease tipping out the pudding, remove before step 11 ignition !
7. You now have a choice, either steam the puddings for 8 hours, make sure they don't boil dry. Or, cook in a pressure cooker, cook without pressure for 30 minutes, then at full (15 lb) pressure for 90 minutes.
8. When cooked and cooled remove foil/ cloth and paper and replace with fresh. Store in a cool, dry place, will keep 12 months or more if stored correctly.
9. When required either steam for two hours or pressure cook at full (15lb) pressure for 20 minutes, allow to de-pressurise before opening.
10. Remove foil / cloth and paper, place a large plate on top, invert and shake out pudding.
11. Now the 'Best Bit, pour over two tablespoons of brandy or rum and carefully ignite. This step is optional.Allow to flame out, cut in to wedges and serve.
12. Serve with your choice of custard, cream(whipped or runny) and/ or brandy butter.
13. This pudding is very rich, so be aware when serving !
14. Will post photo of 'actual' pudding when dished up on Christmas day (if I remember !)
15. If you don't have a stale loaf, make breadcrumbs from fresh bread and dry, without colouring, in a low oven. *

16. You can use 5 fl oz Barley wine (if you can find it !) and 5 fl oz stout

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Combine the flour, baking powder and cinnamon; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition. Fold in the raisins, walnuts and dates. Unlike American puddings, a Christmas pudding is a dark, sticky, and dense sponge, more like a fruitcake, made of mixed dried fruit, candied fruit peel, apple, and citrus zests. Brandy and spices provide a deep, complex flavor and signature dark color.

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