Perfect Sweet™ Gluten Free Christmas Pudding
This is a great Christmas pudding for people who do not start their Christmas preparations until the last minute. It can be made a week before Christmas as it does not need time to mature to improve the flavour because it is baked for 30 minutes at 150° after the first boiling step (see method). It has the added health benefits of no sugar laden, artificially coloured glace fruit and it sweetened with natural sugar free Perfect Sweet™. The cake is much healthier and is still delicious.
Ingredients
| 250 g raisins |
1/ 8 teaspoon black pepper |
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| 300 g sultanas |
250 g butter or suet |
| 200 g currants |
200 ml brandy |
| 1 cup chopped figs |
cup hot milk |
| 1 teaspoon cinnamon |
1/2 cup sherry |
| 1/ 2 teaspoon nutmeg |
5 eggs |
| 1/ 8 teaspoon ground clove |
1/2 cup Perfect Sweet™ |
| 1/ 8 teaspoon allspice |
1/2 teaspoon salt |
300 g gluten free bread crumbs (Remove crust from a gluten free loaf and process into crumbs in a food processor) |
Method
Mix fruit, butter, or suet with spices and brandy, cover and refrigerate overnight.
In a large mixing bowl, soak breadcrumbs with hot milk and sherry. In another bowl beat eggs with Perfect Sweet™ and salt until pale and stir into bread crumb mixture. Add soaked fruit and mix well.
Turn into well-greased pudding basin (2 1/2 litre capacity). Cover with greaseproof paper and secure tightly with string. Place the basin into a large pot filled with water three quarters of the way up and cover with lid. Bring water to the boil and simmer for 6 - 7 hours. Check water level frequently and add more if required.
Remove basin from pot. Remove greaseproof paper and bake pudding for 30 minutes at 150 degrees.
Boil pudding for a further 2-3 hours on the day of serving.
Serve with Perfect Sweet™ Brandy Butter
Perfect Sweet™ Brandy Butter
Ingredients
6 tablespoons soft unsalted butter
3 tablespoons Perfect Sweet™
6 tablespoons brandy
Method
Whip butter with Perfect Sweet™ until pale.
Add the brandy very slowly a tablespoon at a time and beat well after each addition. (This prevents butter from splitting)
Can be frozen until required.
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