Quick Christmas pudding
This fruit-packed Christmas pudding gets an extra flavour boost from stout. There's no pre-soaking of ingredients involved so it's an easy simple recipe to make for a celebration with friends and family. Serve with custard or brandy butter
- 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 carrotgrated
- 2 eggswhisked
- a splash stout or beer
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal610
- fat31.6g
- saturates11.1g
- carbs76.7g
- fibre2.8g
- protein9.3g
- salt0.72g
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.
