Summer Pudding Recipes

Summer Pudding Recipes

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Summer Pudding Recipes

Preparation Time: 15 Minutes
Cooking Time: overnight cooling in fridge

By Patricia

As the name suggests is a cool refreshing desert made with summer berries, which can be eaten on its own, with cream or ice-cream. Summer Pudding is best eaten in the summer as the fruit used to make it are all in season.

Ingredients: Serves 4-6

150g caster sugar
300ml water
300g/10oz Strawberries
300g/10oz Raspberries
300g/10oz Blackberry
8-10 slices of white bread (medium cut)

Cooking Instructions:

1. Place the caster sugar and water in a large saucepan. Bring to the boil and keep stirring until the sugar has dissolved.
2. Add the summer fruit and simmer gently until the fruit are just cooked but retain their shape.
3. Grease the bowl.
4. Remove the crusts from the bread.
5. Line a 1 liter bowl with the bread covering all the sides making sure there are on gaps around the side or at the bottom.
6. Remove the fruit from the pan but fruit keeping the syrup as you will need it later.
7. Spoon 1 third of the fruit into the bowl and cover the fruit with circle of bread do this, another two times finishing with a layer of bread.
8. Pour some of the juice onto the bread about 150 -175 ml this will soak in but be careful not to much the pudding has to be moist but not saturated.
9. Place a plate or saucer on the top with a heavy weight on top to press the fruit down Chill in the fridge for 6-8 hours or over night.