Dessert Recipes - Gran's Apple Pudding Recipe

Ingredients

• 225 g/8 oz/2 cups plain (all-purpose) flour

• A pinch of salt

• 15 ml/1 tbsp baking powder

• 75 ml/3 oz/3/4 cup shredded (chopped) vegetable suet

• Cold water, to mix

• Butter, for greasing

• 750 g/1 1/2lb cooking (tart) apples, sliced

• 50 g/2 oz/1/4 cup granulated sugar

• 1.5 ml/1/4 tsp ground cloves

• 15 ml/1 tbsp water

• Clotted Cream, to serve

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Method:

1. Sift the flour, salt and baking powder into a bowl. Stir in the suet and mix with enough cold water to form a soft but not sticky dough.

2. Knead gently on a lightly floured surface. Cut off a quarter of the dough, roll out to the size of the top of the basin and reserve for a lid.

3. Roll out the remaining dough and use to line a buttered 900 ml/3 3/4 cup pudding basin.

4. Mix together the apples, sugar and cloves and use to fill the basin. Add the measured water. Dampen the dough edges with a little water and place the lid in position.

5. Press the edges well together to seal. Cover with a double thickness of greased greaseproof (waxed) paper or foil, with a pleat in the centre to allow for rising.

6. Twist and fold under the rim of the basin to secure. Steam for 2 1/2-3 hours. Remove the greaseproof paper or foil.

7. Tie a clean napkin around the basin and serve straight from the basin with Clotted Cream.