Apple Prune And Peach Christmas Pudding Recipes

APPLE, PRUNE AND PEACH CHRISTMAS PUDDING

Steps:

• Place dried fruit, sugar, butter, juice and rind in a medium saucepan. Bring to boil stirring occasionally until butter has melted and sugar dissolved. Add apple. Transfer to a large bowl to cool.
• Grease a 6 cup pudding basin and line base with baking paper.Pour over the golden syrup.
• Stir the eggs into the fruit mixture and mix well. Fold through the breadcrumbs and flour.
• Spoon the pudding mixture into prepared basin packing down firmly as you go. Cover the basin with a circle of buttered non-stick baking paper and two circles of foil. Tie securely with kitchen string.
• Stand pudding on a trivet (heatproof raised rack) inside a large saucepan or stockpot. Fill with enough hot water to come 2/3 up the side of basin.
• Cover pot with a lid and simmer for 5 hours, topping up the pot with boiling water as needed. Don't let it boil dry.
• Cool and store in basin in fridge until Christmas.
• To reheat, boil pudding using the method above, for 2 hours. Serve with custard, brandy cream or icecream and decorate with berries.

APPLE AND CARROT CHRISTMAS PUDDING

Steps:

• Combine the carrots, apples, raisins, and bread crumbs in a bowl. Sift together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, and allspice in a separate small bowl. Cream together the butter, sugar, and eggs in a separate large bowl; stir in the flour mixture. Add the carrot mixture and mix well. Transfer mixture to a lightly-greased, 2-quart mold.
• Place a steamer rack in the bottom of a large, deep pot. Set the filled mold on top of the steamer rack. Pour enough water into the bottom of the pot to cover the bottom 2/3 of the mold. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat to low; cover. Simmer for 2 hours 45 minutes, adding water occasionally to maintain the water level. Remove from water and allow to cool 10 minutes before turning out of mold onto a plate.

THE OLD MANOR HOUSE TRADITIONAL VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS PUDDING

Steps:

• Mix all the dried fruit together, and then add the citrus peel, flaked almonds, spices, ground almonds and salt - blend thoroughly.
• Work in the breadcrumbs, sugar and softened butter, mixing well.
• Stir the beaten eggs into the mixture and then gradually add the brandy or rum and the stout. Mix thoroughly until a soft dropping consistency has been achieved.
• Butter two large (2 pint) pudding bowls and spoon half the mixture into each bowl - smoothing down the surface slightly.
• Cover with greaseproof paper and muslin pudding cloths or aluminum foil, and tie them down around the rims, making a loop for a handle to lift the pudding basins out of the steamer later!
• Boil the puddings in an open pan or in a steamer for 6 hours - making sure that the water is topped up when necessary.
• You can also steam these puddings in a pressure cooker - please follow your manufacturer's instructions.
• Remove the greaseproof paper, cloths/ aluminum foil and cover with fresh greaseproof paper and a clean pudding cloth or foil.
• Store in a cool place for up to 2 months, although I have kept these puddings for nearly a year!
• On Christmas day, boil or steam for a further 4 hours.
• To flame the puddings: Turn out the puddings onto a plate. Heat up a tablespoon or two of brandy in a small saucepan until it is warm but NOT boiling, and then pour the hot brandy into a ladle - take the pudding to the table with the ladle and light the ladle with a match - BE CAREFUL! Pour the burning brandy over the pudding and remember to turn the lights out for maximum ooohs and ahhhhs!
• Serve with Brandy Butter, Rum Sauce, Custard or Cream. Don't forget the sprig of holly too!
• Each pudding serves 6 to 8 people.

PEACH PRINCESS PUDDING

Steps:

• Pour milk over bread cubes.
• Beat egg yolks with 1/2 cup sugar, salt and nutmeg; add lemon rind, juice and melted butter.
• Pour mixture over bread and milk.
• Mix and pour into well-greased 9-x9-x2-inch baking dish.
• Place dish in a pan of hot water.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
• Beat egg whites with cream of tartar until soft peaks form.
• Add 1/4 cup sugar and beat until stiff.
• Remove pudding from oven and spread meringue on top.
• Place peach halves over meringue, closse to rim.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes to brown meringue.
• Serve warm.
• Makes 6 servings.

PRUNE PUDDING

Steps:

• Place prunes in a medium-size saucepan, pour in 2 cups hot water and let stand for 1 hour. Transfer saucepan to the stove and bring prunes to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer, covered, for 5 to 10 minutes until soft.
• Drain prunes, reserving the liquid, and roughly chop. Add more hot water to the reserved prune water so it totals 2 cups. Place prunes and prune water back in the saucepan and add the sugar, powdered cinnamon and cinnamon stick. Stir to combine and bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, make a slurry by mixing the cornstarch and 2 tablespoons cold water. Add the slurry to the prune mixture and cook over low heat for 5 minutes, stirring constantly, to thicken mixture. Remove the cinnamon stick and ladle the pudding into ramekins. Let cool, then chill in the refrigerator. Serve cold.

EVE'S PUDDING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Peel, core and slice the apples. Grease a large serving dish, about 2.5 litre/3 litre with 25g/1oz of the butter and tip in the apple. Scatter the raisins over the top.
• In a separate dish beat the remaining butter and sugar together for 10 mins until the butter turns pale and the sugar starts to dissolve. Beat in the eggs, then carefully fold in the flour with a large spoon. Spread the batter over the apples, then bake for 45 mins until golden. Serve with the custard, below.

SHEILA'S PEACH PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180 degrees C/350 degrees F/gas 4.
• Put the peaches in a saucepan with the demarara sugar, the vanilla seeds and 4 tablespoons of water.
• Simmer for 5 minutes and then place into a well-greased and lightly-floured ovenproof dish or bowl.
• Beat together the butter, caster sugar and eggs until light and fluffy.
• Add the flour, mix thoroughly and spread over the peaches (leave some peaches peeping through).
• Bake for 45 minutes.
• Remove from oven and serve hot with custard, or something cold like vanilla ice cream or crème fraîche.