Bob’s Brilliant Ginger Pudding

Name: Bob’s Brilliant Ginger Pudding
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h 15 min
Yield: Serves 6

Ingredients

STEP 1
Melt the butter and stem ginger in the saucepan.
STEP 2
Blitz the bread in the food processor to make bread crumbs then whiz in the sugar, flour and ground ginger.
STEP 3
With machine still running gradually pour in the melted mixture followed by the eggs.
STEP 4
Mix the bicarbonate of soda with a tablespoon of cold water and pulse it into the mixture.
STEP 5
Grease the pudding basin, spoon in the pudding mixture, then cover the basin with a tight fitting lid if you have one otherwise tie on a double layer of greaseproof paper and wrap the basin in foil. Steam for 2 hours, then turn out onto a serving plate.
STEP 6
To make the sauce boil the wine and brandy or rum until reduced to a syrup, whisk in everything else except the lime juice and keep whisking until bubbling and slightly thicker. Whisk in the lime juice and pour over your pudding.
STEP 7
Serve immediately with crème Chantilly (see below) or vanilla ice cream.
STEP 8
 To make crème Chantilly simply whip up half a pint (300ml) of double cream adding a teaspoon of vanilla extract and a little icing sugar when the cream starts to thicken.