Plum Pudding
How to make Plum Pudding Recipe - Christmas just wouldn’t be the same without boiled plum pudding; it’s a tradition. Here is the simplest recipe for it I’ve ever made.
SERVES 12
Ingredients:
2 cups self-rising flour
1 cup superfine sugar
2 pounds mixed dried fruit
1 tablespoon baking soda
Method:
Mix the flour, sugar, and fruit in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, mix 2 cups boiling water with the baking soda. Add to the flour–fruit mixture and stir or fold well.
Cover and leave overnight. Mix well the next morning. Dampen a clean cotton kitchen towel and sprinkle it lightly with flour. Turn the pudding out of the bowl onto the towel and gather the towel together to form the pudding into a ball.
Tie very securely with kitchen twine. Place the wrapped pudding in a large saucepan and fill with water until just covered. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 3 hours, making sure the pudding is always well covered with water.
Cool slightly before carefully peeling off the towel so as not to disrupt the delicious, thick skin that forms. Slice in wedges to serve.
Optional:
Serve with a drizzle of cream or scoop of ice cream or, as my family does, with Creamy Custard, garnished with chocolate-dipped fruit, twigs of holly, or a Christmas decoration.
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