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Christmas pudding

2022 re-scaled for 3 cereal bowl puds. 1 for Christmas Eve, 1 for dad, 1 for Uncle Tony.
  • 1 cup cream sherry
  • 550g mixed dried fruit 
    • 378g figs
    • 76g dried apricots
    • 76g raisins
    • 33g cranberries
  • 1 stick (1/4lb) butter (113g)
  • 225g dark brown sugar
  • 115g white breadcrumbs
  • 2 eggs
  • 50g white flour
  • 3/4 tsp baking powder
  • Spices: 
    • 1 tsp allspice
    • scant 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
    • scant 1/2 tsp grated nutmeg
  • 133g marachino cherries
  • 1/2 orange rind, juiced into mix
  1. Cream sugar and butter
  2. Add everything except fruit
  3. Stir in fruit
  4. Grease bowl with butter, line bottom with wax paper circle
  5. Steam for 6 hours



2013 re-scaled for 4 full cereal bowl puds. 1 for dad, 1 for Uncle Tony, 1/4 each for Steve, Karen, and Michael, 1 for us, Mahoneys or Brunelle-Lessards. Robert doesn't like.
  • 1.5 cups sherry, brandy, or rum
  • 825 g mixed dried fruit 
    • 567 g = 20 oz figs
    • 114 g = 4 oz dried apricots
    • 114 g = 4 oz raisins
    • 50 g  = 2 oz (handful) cranberries
  • 1.5 stick (3/8 lb) butter
  • 337 g dark brown sugar
  • 173 g white breadcrumbs
  • 3 eggs
  • 75 g white flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • Spices: 
    • 1.5 tsp allspice
    • scant 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
    • scant 1/2 tsp grated nutmeg
  • 200 g marachino cherries
  • 3/4 orange rind, juiced into mix
  1. Cream sugar and butter
  2. Add everything except fruit
  3. Stir in fruit
  4. Grease bowl with butter, line bottom with wax paper circle
  5. Steam for 6 hours



For 1 2-pint pud (or 2 1-pint puds). 2012 comment: it would be better to cut the recipe in half, or make 3/4 of this. As is, it makes one 1-pint pud and 3 cereal bowl puds. Sounds like Dad just threw away some leftovers from previous years, so he isn't finishing a full pint pudding by himself.
  • 2 cups sherry, brandy, or rum
  • 1100 g mixed dried fruit 
    • 567 g = 20 oz figs
    • 227 g = 8 oz dried apricots
    • 227 g = 8 oz raisins
    • 54 g =  4 oz (handful) cranberries
  • 2 sticks (1/2 lb) butter
  • 450 g dark brown sugar
  • 230 g white breadcrumbs
  • 4 eggs
  • 100 g white flour
  • 1 1/4 tsp baking powder
  • Spices: 
    • 2 tsp allspice
    • 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
    • 1/2 tsp grated nutmeg
  • 300 g marachino cherries
  • orange rind, juiced into mix
  1. Cream sugar and butter
  2. Add everything except fruit
  3. Stir in fruit
  4. Grease bowl with butter, line bottom with wax paper circle
  5. Steam for 6 hours

Great video instructions

Alternative recipe
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Plum-Pudding-I/Detail.aspx?evt19=1
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