Dessert Recipes - Steamed Raisin Pudding Recipe

Ingredients

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

• A pinch of salt

• 5 ml/1 tsp ground cinnamon

• 90 g/1/2 cup hard block margarine, diced

• 50 g/2 oz/1/4 cup light brown sugar

• 100 g/4 oz/2/3 cup raisins

• 5 ml/1 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)

• 150 ml/2/3 cup milk

• Butter, for greasing

• Caster (superfine) sugar, for dusting

• Syrup Sauce, to serve

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Method:

1. Sift flour, salt and cinnamon into a bowl. Add the margarine and rub in with the fingertips until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Stir in the sugar and raisins.

2. Blend the bicarbonate of soda with the milk and stir into the mixture to form a soft, dropping consistency.

3. Turn into a greased 900 ml/3 3/4 cup pudding basin and cover with a double thickness of greased greaseproof (waxed) paper or foil, twisting and folding under the rim to secure.

4. Steam for 1 1/2 hours. Remove the paper, loosen the edge and turn the pudding out on to a warmed serving dish. Dust with caster sugar and serve with Syrup Sauce.