Mix & match mini Christmas puddings
Bespoke festive puddings mean you can customise each one to individual tastes while keeping the rich fruity base the same
Difficulty and servings
MAKES 8
Preparation and cooking times
Prep 1 hr
Cook 1 hr 40 mins
- Mix together all the base ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Grease 8 individual pudding basins or darioles with a little butter, then line the bases with circles of baking parchment.
- Stir your choice of dried fruits, spices and liquid, plus nuts if you are using, into the base mixture. If you're tailoring your puddings for each guest, then weigh out 225g/8oz base mixture per pud, before adding the extras (see brackets after ingredients for individual pud quantities).
- Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 4 and boil the kettle. Fill each basin or dariole with pud mixture. Grease a large sheet of foil, then stick a large sheet of baking parchment on top. Cut it into 8 squares, large enough to cover the puds with overhang, and make a small pleat in each. Cover the puddings by scrunching foil round the edges to completely seal. stick a name label, written in biro, on top of each pud to help identify them when serving. sit the puds in a big roasting tin, pour hot water from the kettle into the tin until nearly halfway up the puds, then cook for 1 hr. Cool, then store in an airtight container somewhere cool and dark, for up to 2 weeks.
- To serve, turn oven to 180C/160C fan/ gas 5 after the Christmas dinner has come out, and put the puds back into a roasting tin with hot water, as above. Cook for 40 mins, then turn off oven and leave them there if you're still eating. Carefully turn out onto serving plates, running a knife round the edge to help release, then dust with a little icing sugar and top with holly, if you like.
PER SERVING (BASE ONLY)
713 kcalories, protein 9g, carbohydrate 122g, fat 24 g, saturated fat 10g, fibre 3g, sugar 74g, salt 0.71 g
Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2011.
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Ingredients
- a little butter , for greasing
- a little icing sugar , for dusting
FOR THE PUDDING BASE
- zest 1 orange
- 100g grated carrots
- 50g treacle
- 200g breadcrumbs
- 200g plain flour
- 250g vegetarian suet
- 2 large eggs , lightly beaten
- 200ml stout
- 250g light muscovado sugar
- 400g raisins, sultanas or currants , or a mixture
PLUS YOUR CHOICE OF THE FOLLOWING
- 100g mixed peel, dried apricots, dates, stem ginger or glacé cherries , all chopped (or 1 tbsp per pud)
- 4 tsp mixed spice, ground cloves or cinnamon (or ½ tsp per pud)
- 4 tbsp orange juice, Sherry or brandy (or ½ tbsp per pud)
OPTIONAL
- 100g almonds, pecans, walnuts , chopped (or 1 tbsp per pud)
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Difficulty and servings
MAKES 8
Preparation and cooking times
Prep 1 hr
Cook 1 hr 40 mins
Ingredients
- a little butter , for greasing
- a little icing sugar , for dusting
FOR THE PUDDING BASE
- zest 1 orange
- 100g grated carrots
- 50g treacle
- 200g breadcrumbs
- 200g plain flour
- 250g vegetarian suet
- 2 large eggs , lightly beaten
- 200ml stout
- 250g light muscovado sugar
- 400g raisins, sultanas or currants , or a mixture
PLUS YOUR CHOICE OF THE FOLLOWING
- 100g mixed peel, dried apricots, dates, stem ginger or glacé cherries , all chopped (or 1 tbsp per pud)
- 4 tsp mixed spice, ground cloves or cinnamon (or ½ tsp per pud)
- 4 tbsp orange juice, Sherry or brandy (or ½ tbsp per pud)
OPTIONAL
- 100g almonds, pecans, walnuts , chopped (or 1 tbsp per pud)
PER SERVING (BASE ONLY)
713 kcalories, protein 9g, carbohydrate 122g, fat 24 g, saturated fat 10g, fibre 3g, sugar 74g, salt 0.71 g
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