Dessert Recipes - Alternative Christmas Pudding Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 oranges

• 200 g/7 oz/generous 1 cup chopped cooking dates

• 2 cooking (tart) apples, quartered

• 3 carrots

• 175 g/6 oz/1 1/2 cups plain (all-purpose) flour

• 175 g/6 oz/3 cups fresh whole meal breadcrumbs

• 100 g/4 oz/1/2 cup light brown sugar

• 175 g/6 oz/1 1/2 cups shredded (chopped) vegetable suet

• 75g/1/2 cup currants

• 75g/1/2 cup raisins

• 2.5 ml/1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

• 2.5 ml/1/2 tsp grated nutmeg

• 2 eggs, beaten

• Butter, for greasing

• St Clements's Butter Sauce, to serve

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Method:

1. Finely grate the rind from the oranges. Cut away all the pith and peel and quarter the flesh, discarding any pips.

2. Pass the oranges, dates, apples and carrots through a mincer (grinder) or finely chop in a food processor. Stir in the remaining ingredients until well mixed.

3. Butter a 1.75 liter/7 1/2 cup pudding basin and line the base with a circle of greased greaseproof (waxed) paper.

4. Spoon in the mixture and cover with a double thickness of foil, twisting and folding under the rim to secure.

5. Steam for 3 hours. Turn out and serve hot with St Clements's Butter Sauce.