Yield: 2 puddings
Measure | Ingredient |
---|---|
½ pounds | Unsalted butter plus about |
2 teaspoons | Butter; for greasing molds |
1⅓ cup | Dark brown sugar |
3 \N | Eggs; beaten |
3 tablespoons | Dark corn syrup |
⅔ cup | Self-rising flour |
1 pinch | Salt |
½ teaspoon | Ground cinnamon |
½ teaspoon | Freshly grated nutmeg |
½ teaspoon | Apple pie spice |
\N \N | Garnish with holly |
1 \N | Lemon; juice of |
1 \N | Orange; fine grated rind of |
1 \N | Lemon; fine grated rind of |
4 cups | Fresh bread crumbs |
1⅓ cup | Golden raisins |
1⅓ cup | Raisins |
1⅓ cup | Currants |
⅓ cup | Chopped mixed citrus peel (2 ounces) |
¼ \N | To 1/2 cup brandy |
\N \N | Ignite with brandy |
JUST BEFORE SERVING
Thickly butter and dust with flour two 1-quart molds (or dome-shaped china, ceramic or glass bowls). Set aside.
Beat the ½ lb. butter until soft. Add sugar and beat until fluffy.
Gradually beat in the eggs and syrup.
Sift flour with salt and spices; fold into the butter mixture with the lemon juice, grated rinds, bread crumbs, fruits, mixed peel and brandy.
Spoon mixture into the 2 prepared molds. If molds don't have lids, cover each with a circle of waxed paper, then a piece of foil pleated across the center and securely tied in place. Leave overnight in refrigerator.
Put molds in a large saucepan with enough water to come halfway up the sides of the molds. Cover and steam for 5 hours; remove from the water.
Let cool completely, then cover with a clean piece of waxed paper and a pudding cloth (muslin or closely woven cheesecloth) secured with a string and ends of the cloth tied in a knot over the pudding mold.
Leave in the refrigerator to mature before using. Before serving, steam about 3 hours. Remove from mold. Bring to the table blazing in 'ignited brandy, and bedight with Christmas holly stuck into the top.'
Yield: Two 2 lb. puddings.
From Special Writer Marilyn Kluger's 11/25/92"A Dickens of a Delight: Christmas Plum Pudding is a Holiday Treat Straight from Merry Olde England" article in "The (Louisville, KY) Courier-Journal." Pg. C7.
Typed for you by Cathy Harned.
Submitted By CATHY HARNED On 11-26-94