Christmas pudding
Christmas pudding recipe in the christmas category
Recipe ingredients:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 1/4 teaspoons soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon cloves
- 1 cup suet, ground or grated
- 1 cup buttermilk or sour milk
- 1 cup raisins
- 1/3 cup molasses
- Butterscotch, nutmeg or hard sauce
Recipe method:
- Sift together the flour, sugar, soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and cloves.
- Stir in suet, buttermilk or sour milk, raisins and molasses.
- Mix until dry ingredients are moistened.
- Turn into well greased 2 quart mold or casserole.
- Cover with tight cover or aluminum foil.
- Place on rack in large steamer or kettle.
- Add boiling water to height of 2 inches in steamer. Cover.
- Steam 2 to 2 1/2 hours or until pudding springs back when touched lightly in center.
- Serve hot, cut into slices with butterscotch, nutmeg or hard sauce.
- If desired, Christmas pudding may be baked in a 300 degrees F oven. Place a pan of water in oven. Cover pudding and bake 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 hours.
- Butterscotch sauce:
- Combine 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar, 2 tablespoons flour and 1/8 teaspoons salt.
- Stir in 1 cup cream and 1 cup milk.
- Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until slightly thickened.
- Hard sauce:
- Cream 1/2 cup butter.
- Add gradually 2 cups sifted confectioners sugar, creaming until light and fluffy.
- Blend in 1/8 teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon boiling water, 1 teaspoon vanilla and 2 teaspoons rum or brandy flavoring, if desired.
- Chill until serving time.
- Nutmeg Sauce:
- Cream 1/4 cup butter.
- Gradually add 1/2 cup sugar, creaming until light and fluffy.
- Blend in 1 egg yolk, 1 1/2 tablespoons flour and 1 teaspoon vanilla.
- Gradually add 1 1/4 cups boiling water.
- Cook in top of double boiler over boiling water, stirring constantly until slightly thickened.
- Stir in 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg.
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