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12-10-2006, 10:23 PM
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 Vickis Xmas pud! This is a very scrummy, dead easy recipe that you can make in your slow cooker and my mum said its as good as her gran used to make which is compliment indeed! 1 tsp each of cinnamon, nutmeg, and mixed spice 50g self raising flour 125g shredded suet 115g fresh white breadcrumbs rind and juice of half a lemon 50g soft brown sugar 125g seedless raisins 125g currants 125g sultanas 50g mixed peel 50g prunes, stoned and chopped 50g blanched almonds, chopped 1tbs black treacle 3tbs rum 150ml stout or ale 2 eggs Add spices to the flour, then add suet, breadcrumbs, lemon rind, sugar, dried fruit and nuts. Warm treacle in a pan until runny. Add rum, stout and lemon juice. Pour over the eggs and mix together. Add to the ddry ingredients and mix well. Cover and leave overnight. Preheat slow cooker for 20 mins. Turn into a 2pt pudding basin and cover with foil. Stand in the slow cooker. Add boiling water to two thirds up the sides of the basin. Cook for 13 hours. When cold, remove foil and recover with greaseproof paper and foil. If you don't have a slow cooker, steam for 7 hours. Enjoy!
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13-10-2006, 02:07 PM
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| Wow! That looks good. My OH loves chrismas pud but can't usually find any in the shops without lots of alcohol in them - he doesn't like the taste. I make a fruit cake with stout in it though, which he likes, so I think I'll have a go at the recipe (but leave out the rum). How long does it keep once it's cooked? Or would you cook it almost all the way through and then steam it another 1/2 hour or so when you want to eat it? I love Christmas pud too but usually I'm so stuffed from christmas lunch I just can't manage it  mmmm |
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13-10-2006, 04:07 PM
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| I'll be making it this week and then I usually wrap it well in foil and its keeps til xmas fine - I then pop it back in the slow cooker on christmas morning and its ready by lunch time - I always use the slow cooker but if you are steaming it, cook it fully, then reheat when you're ready for it on xmas day. I don't think you could overcook it.
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13-10-2006, 05:34 PM
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| Oh I'm afraid I haven't a clue!!! I'm sure someone on the vine will be able to hazard a guess though! good luck!
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13-10-2006, 06:17 PM
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| thanks Chris! Hope you like it - it is a FAB pud! Never lasts too long in our house - but we do have 13 for xmas dinner!!
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13-10-2006, 07:45 PM
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| Vicki that sounds wonderful! DDL
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21-10-2006, 06:26 PM
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| Excuse me being dim but why do you need to cook it for so long in the slow cooker in comparison with steaming? Haven't made one for about 10 years as normally get given one so can't remember what I did last time. The recipe I have is from a Julian Graves leaflet for a 1l pud and claims you should steam it for 3.25 hours (doesn't seem very long to me). Does anybody know how long I should slow cook it for? |
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22-10-2006, 05:27 PM
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| was moaned at by the sister in law other day for not making xmas puds anymore, i'll give this one a try me thinks  don't know why she moaned it's my brother that likes it |
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22-10-2006, 05:29 PM
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| slow cooking is just that! slow! 13 hours is what the recipe says and its a pud I've made for the last few years so it does turn out ok! but as to WHY it takes that long - I have no idea I'm afraid!!!!
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