"This depends on my dear Nan's delightful pudding formula, which gives you a lot lighter outcome than a conventional Christmas pud. It has more unique flavors, and is super-simple to make – this is actually the manner in which I like it best. Appreciate! "
Fixings
unsalted spread , for lubing
150 g Medjool dates
150 g dried apricots
150 g walnut nuts
75 g solidified ginger
1 little twig of new rosemary
150 g dried cranberries
150 g raisins
150 g suet
150 g plain flour
75 g new breadcrumbs
200 ml semi-skimmed milk
1 huge unfenced egg
1 clementine
brilliant syrup
barrel-matured Bourbon
Technique
Oil a 1.5 liter pudding bowl with margarine.
Destone your dates, at that point, by hand or in a food processor, finely cleave the tissue with the apricots, walnuts, ginger and rosemary leaves. Spot it all in a blending bowl in with the cranberries, raisins, suet, flour, breadcrumbs and milk. Break in the egg, finely grind in the clementine zing, press in the juice and combine everything truly well.
Tip the combination into the lubed bowl and cover with a solitary layer of greaseproof paper and a twofold layer of tin foil. Bind a bit of string around the bowl to make sure about them set up and make it watertight, at that point sit it in a huge, profound pot and pour in enough water to come mostly up the sides of the bowl.
Carry the water to the bubble, cover the container with a tight-fitting top, and decrease to a stew for 4 hours. Check the water routinely, and keep beating it up with bubbling water, if necessary.
At the point when the time's up, lift out the bowl, eliminate the foil and paper, at that point cautiously turn the pudding out on to a plate prepared to serve, or leave to cool and warm not long before you need it.
You can either shower it with brilliant syrup and a drink of Bourbon – dazzling – or be somewhat more showy and tenderly warmth a decent couple of drinks of Bourbon just to warm it, at that point light up a match to the container (remain back!), let it fire, and cautiously pour it over your pudding.
Present it to your visitors and sing some Christmassy tunes, at that point when the fire dies down sprinkle with brilliant syrup. Present with cream, custard or even frozen yogurt.
Tips
LOVE YOUR LEFTOVERS
Cold extras are scrumptious with a cut of British cheddar, for example, Lancashire, or in a Christmas dessert.
Excel
Subsequent to steaming, permit the pudding to cool, at that point eliminate the greaseproof paper, leaving it covered with tin foil. Store in a cool, dim spot until the huge day, at that point essentially steam again to warm - about an hour ought to do it, until quite hot all through.