Recipe: Christmas Pudding

By Emma @glasgowfoodie

It's Stir up Sunday so time to make your Christmas pudding and give it time for a good boozy feed before Christmas Day.

Recipe: Christmas Pudding

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Ingredients

  • 225g golden caster sugar
  • 225g vegetarian suet
  • 340g sultanas
  • 340g raisins
  • 225g currants
  • 110g candied peel, chopped
  • 110 plain flour
  • 110g breadcrumbs
  • 55g flaked almonds
  • 1 lemon zested (is that a word??)
  • 5 eggs, beaten
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp mixed spice
  • 1 tsp grated nutmeg
  • pinch of salt
  • 150ml brandy or rum

Instructions

  1. 2x1.2 litre/2 pint pudding basins.
  2. Mix together all the dry ingredients.
  3. Stir in the eggs and brandy (or rim) and give it a good mix.
  4. Spoon the mix into basins.
  5. Put a circle of baking parchment and foil over the top of each basin.
  6. Put the basins in a large pot of boiling water (with an inverted saucer).
  7. Add boiling water to come a third of the way up the bowl.
  8. Cover with pot lid.
  9. Cook for 5-6 hours, checking water level regularly.
  10. Replace baking parchment and foil.
  11. Store in a cool place.
  12. Top up each week with your fave tipple
http://www.foodanddrinkglasgow.co.uk/recipe-christmas-pudding/