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Christmas Pudding - Stir Up Sunday
Ingredients
- 175g sultanas
- 175g raisins
- 100g whole prunes
- 50g chopped dates
- Total 500g fruit, the mix can be varied
- 30g chopped glace cherries
- 75ml brown ale
- 25ml brandy
- 1 apple, peeled, cored and grated
- Juice and zest of 1 orange
- 3 eggs
- 175g muscovado sugar
- 125g shredded suet
- 125g sourdough breadcrumbs
- 100g self-raising flour
- 1 teaspoon mixed spice
Kit
- 1.5 litre pudding basin
Method
- Mix together the dried fruit in a bowl.
- In a separate bowl mix together the dry ingredients; the suet, breadcrumbs, flour, spice and sugar.
- Combine the two bowls together and mix well.
- Next, mix your apple, orange, brandy and stout together, then stir into the dry ingredients.
- Place the mixture into the pudding basin, cover the top with a couple of layers of greaseproof paper and foil.
- Gather and tie with string.
- Stream for approximately 3 ½ hours, then store until Christmas day.