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Christmas puddings and fruit cakes benefit from being made long before you eat them, because the flavours intensify and colours deepen over time. So the first thing you need to do is make your mincemeat, which can then be turned pudding or mince pie fillings.
Gather together a selection of dried fruits, such as raisins, currants, dried cranberries, apricots and prunes – around 400g in total – in a bowl. You can then add optional flavour and texture using a handful of chopped walnuts, hazelnuts and almonds. You’ll also need 100g suet, a very traditional ingredient that’s now widely available in a vegetarian version. It’s also nice to add in fresh lemon, orange zest and a little juice, along with chopped Bramley apples. Sprinkle in 150g dark brown sugar, two teaspoons of mixed spice and a good swish of brandy or port, and then leave the mixture to infuse.
At this stage, you have mincemeat that can be transferred into sterilised jars, ready to make mince pies with or even to give as a gift. To turn this mixture into a Christmas pudding you’ll need some dry ingredients such as flour, breadcrumbs, sugar and additional spices, along with an egg or two, and a spoonful of treacle or golden syrup. You could give Jamie’s favourite recipe a whirl called my Nan’s Christmas pud with vin santo, for a light and fruity Christmas pudding that you can either make in advance or on the day itself.
A Christmas pudding should be cooked in a ceramic pudding basin, lightly greased with butter. Simply transfer your pudding mixture into the basin and cover it with greaseproof paper and some tinfoil, tightly tied with kitchen string. You also need to make a little pleat in the paper and foil, to allow the pudding to rise and expand during steaming.
To steam your pudding, simply take a large, lidded pan and half fill it with water. Use a small upturned plate to sit the pudding basin on. Cover the pan with a lid and steam your pudding for 4-5 hours before very carefully lifting it out. Make sure the water doesn’t reach the lip of the pudding basin and that it doesn’t dry out. If needed, top the saucepan up with water.
If you are making your pudding on stir-up Sunday as we will be, you can take the pudding out after steaming it and allow it to cool. Replace the greaseproof paper and tin foil with a couple of fresh pieces, re-tie with kitchen string and leave it in a cool, dark place. On the day itself, re-steam your pudding for at least two hours before serving.
Ingredients
225g/8oz golden caster sugar
225g/8oz vegetarian suet
340g/12oz sultanas
340g/12oz raisins
225g/8oz currants
110g/4oz candied peel, chopped
110g/4oz plain flour
110g/4oz fresh white breadcrumbs
55g/2oz flaked almonds
1 lemon, zest only
5 eggs, beaten
1 level tsp ground cinnamon
1 level tsp mixed spice
5g/1 level tsp freshly grated nutmeg
pinch of salt
150ml/5fl oz brandy or rum
Preparation method
Lightly grease 4x600ml/1 pint or 2x1.2 litre/2 pint pudding basins.
Mix together all the dry ingredients.
Stir in the eggs and brandy and mix well.
Spoon the mix into basins. Put a circle of baking parchment and foil over the top of each basin and tie securely with string. Make a string handle from one side of the basin to the other so it is easier to pick the basin out of the pan after cooking.
Technique: Wrapping a pudding for steaming
Wrapping a pudding for steaming
Watch technique
2:00 mins
Put the basins in a large steamer of boiling water and cover with a lid. Boil for 5-6 hours, topping the boiling water up from time to time, if necessary. If you do not have a steamer, put the basins in a large pan on inverted saucers on the base. Pour in boiling water to come a third of the way up the sides of the pudding bowls. Cover and steam as before.
Cool. Change the baking parchment and foil covers for fresh ones and tie up as before. Store in a cool cupboard until Christmas Day.
To serve, steam for 2 hours and serve with brandy butter, rum sauce, cream or homemade custard.
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