Christmas pudding
Ingredients
- 8oz (250gm) raisins
- 8oz (250gm) currents
- 4oz (125gm) sultanas
- 4oz (125gm) mixed peel
- 4 nips each rum and brandy
- 8oz (250gm) butter
- rind of 1 orange
- 8oz (250gm) brown sugar
- 4 large eggs
- juice of one orange
- 4oz (125gm) soft breadcrumbs
- ½ tsp mixed spice
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- 8oz (250gm) plain flour
- pinch salt
- ½ tsp bicarb soda
- 2oz (60gm) chopped almonds
Method
- prepare fruits - raisins, currents, sultanas, mixed peel by placing in bowl and soaking overnight in rum and brandy
- cream butter, orange rind, brown sugar
- beat and add eggs
- stir in orange juice, soft breadcrumbs, mixed spice, cinnamon, plain flour, pinch salt, bicarb soda, chopped almonds and fruit mixture
- flour 1 cloth wrap pudding in it
- boil 4 hrs, let dry, put in fridge
- on christmas day boil further 2 hours
- eat