Harrod's christmas pudding
2 puddings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ½ | pounds | Unsalted butter plus about |
| 2 | teaspoons | Butter; for greasing molds |
| 1⅓ | cup | Dark brown sugar |
| 3 | 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 |
| Garnish with holly | ||
| 1 | Lemon; juice of | |
| 1 | Orange; fine grated rind of | |
| 1 | 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 | To 1/2 cup brandy | |
| Ignite with brandy | ||
Directions
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