Christmas Pudding Recipes, How To Make Christmas Pudding

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Home Made Christmas Pudding

Preparation time: 15 Minutes
Cooking time: 8-9 Hours

By Patricia

There are many recipes for Christmas Pudding, most of them follow a basic recipe. You may find that with some small changes you may be able to adapt the formula to create something to suit the tastes of your own family. For example, one of my children will not eat nuts so I leave the nuts out until the pudding mixture is ready to be put into the basins. Take out about one third of the mixture and put this into a 1 pint pudding basin, then add the nuts to the remaining mixture. You will need a three pint pudding basin or three one pint basins, cooking time will be 8-9 hours.

Ingredients: Serves 4-6

100g plain flour
200g suet
150g currants
300g raisins
150g sultanas
50g chopped almonds
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
Brandy, milk or ale to mix
200g breadcrumbs
200g brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon mixed spice
75g mixed peel
grated rind of 1 lemon
4 eggs

Cooking Instructions:

1. Rinse the fruit in warm water for a few minutes.

2. Put all the dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl, mix well with the beaten egg and enough of the ale, milk or brandy to moisten.

3. Put into well greased bowls cover with tinfoil or grease proof paper steam for 8-9 hours.