Plum Pudding
The traditional British Christmas steamed pudding filled with dried fruit and served flambeed. Soaking the dried fruit in brandy overnight before it meets the batter lets the alcohol actually penetrate the fruit, rather than just flavouring the outside.
Ingredients
Instructions
Soak all dried fruit in brandy overnight.
Mix sugar, suet, flour, breadcrumbs and spices.
Beat in eggs, treacle and ale. Stir in soaked fruit.
Pour into a greased 1.2L pudding basin. Cover with foil. Steam for 6 hours.
Reheat on Christmas Day for 2 hours. Flambee with warm brandy.
Nutrition (estimated)
Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.