Herbies Spices Recipes
Little Christmas or Midwinter Puds
Description
Having your very own little pudding is a decadent pleasure to top off a delicious special meal. If you prefer, make just one pudding in a pudding basin or cloth ... either way, it's delicious.
Ingredients
At a glance
Baking & Sweet Things
Makes
16
1.2Kg mixed dried fruits of your choice
1 small apple, peeled and grated
1 small carrot, peeled and grated
zest of one orange
zest & juice of one lemon
½ cup brandy
250g butter
250g dark brown sugar
5 eggs
1 tablespoon golden syrup
250g plain flour
2½ teaspoons Herbie’s Spices Mixed Spice
1 teaspoon Herbie’s Spices Quatre Epices (sweet)
1 cup soft, white breadcrumbs
50g roasted pecans, chopped
Topping:
16 roasted pecan halves
approx 300g fruit mince
Methods/steps
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Place dried fruit, apple, carrot and zests in a very large bowl and pour in lemon juice, brandy and mix together. Cover and leave overnight or longer if you can.
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Pre-heat oven to 190ºC.
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Lightly butter 16 one-cup moulds and place in two deep baking tins. Set aside.
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Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy; add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Drizzle in golden syrup.
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Sift together flour, mixed spice and quatre epices, and add to egg mixture.
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Add breadcrumbs and nuts and fold in well.
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Mix cake batter into the dried fruit mix in batches.
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Place a pecan on the bottom of each mould and scoop about a dessertspoonful of fruit mince on top.
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Divide cake mixture evenly between them, filling nearly to the top and smooth.
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Cover each mould with a square of buttered foil that’s pleated in the middle and tie securely with string. Alternatively, fill two 6-8 cup pudding basins.
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Place tins in the oven, pour in boiling water to come two-thirds up the sides, and cook, topping up with water occasionally, for 1½ hours. (If making 2 larger puddings, place in large saucepan with water halfway up sides of dishes, simmer 5 hours.)
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When cooked run a blunt knife around the edge and turn out onto plates.
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Remaining puddings can be cooled and stored in the fridge.
Additional Tips
These keep for 4-6 weeks in the fridge.
To re-heat, place in a simmering water-bath again for about ½ an hour.
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