Christmas pudding is a type of cake made for Christmas. It is made with 13 ingredients. This dish was first made in England. This dish is made with raisins, raisins, brandy milk and eggs. It has been a favorite food of Christians on Christmas night.
CHRISTMAS PUDDING INGREDIENTS
| ingredients | quantity |
| Almonds or cashewnuts | 15 gm |
| sultanas and currants | 225gm |
| large raisins | 225 gm after stoming |
| candied peel | 115 gm |
| brown sugar | 225 gm |
| breadcrumbs (fresh) | 225 gm |
| Lime | 1 |
| suet or margarine | 115 gm |
| Refined flour | 225 gm |
| salt | 1/4 tsp |
| ground cinnamon | 1 tsp |
| ground nutmeg | 1 tsp |
| ground cloves | 1/2 tsp |
| eggs | 3 |
| cider, stout or brandly | 1 glass |
cooking methods :
Christmas pudding should be made well in advance on the first day, prepare ingredients and on the second day prepare the basins and steam puddings.
Set aside, and on Christmas day, reheat the pudding by steaming for another 2 hours.
Blanch almonds and chop, or chop cashewnuts fine.
2. Mix prepared sultanas, currants, chopped raisins and candied peel together in a large basin.
3. Stir in chopped nuts, sugar, breadcrumbs, lemon rind and fat.
4. Sift flour, salt and spices together.
5. Beat eggs (yolk and white) and
add lime juice and cider (if brandy is used, add enough fruit juice to a wineglass of brandy to make one full glass). Mix with flour.
6. Add flour and egg mixture to the other ingredients and mix well. Set aside.
7. On the second day, brush basin with melted fat and fill with pudding mixture.
8. Cover the basin with greaseproof paper and tie with a string.
9. Steam large puddings for 8 hours and smaller ones for 6 hours.
10. When the pudding is cold, cover with fresh greaseproof paper and store in a cool dry place till Christmas.
11. Steam again and sprinkle icing sugar over.
12. Serve with grape sauce or brandy butter.
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