Dessertscountryliving
Christmas Plum Pudding Recipe
Make this classic holiday dessert for a true Christmas treat!
👥 8 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 30 min⏳ Prep: 30 min👤 Country Living📖 countryliving
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- ●bowl
- ●whisk
- ●pan
- ●pot
- ●saucepan
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Soak the fruit: Combine dried fruit, apple, brandy, and orange juice in a bowl. Cover and let sit, stirring occasionally, at least ⏱️ 2 hours and up to overnight.
2
Make the cake: Generously butter a metal 1.6-liter pudding mold with a lid. Whisk together flour, panko, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves in a bowl. Beat butter with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy, 1 to ⏱️ 2 minutes. Add sugar, molasses, and orange zest, and beat until fluffy, 1 to ⏱️ 2 minutes. Beat in eggs, beating until incorporated after each addition, scraping bowl as needed. Slowly beat in flour mixture. Stir in soaked fruit (and any liquid) and almonds. Transfer to prepared mold; attach lid.
large eggs2
3
Place the ring of a mason jar lid in a pot that is large enough to accommodate the pudding mold. Place the mold on the lid and add enough boiling water to come halfway up the sides of the mold. Cover the pot and simmer, adding more boiling water as necessary, until the pudding is dark brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 2 to 2 1/⏱️ 2 hours. Cool completely in the pan. Remove from pan, wrap in plastic wrap, and let sit for at least 1 week and up to 1 month.
4
Make the Brandy Crème Anglaise: Bring milk and heavy cream to a simmer in a small saucepan. Whisk together egg yolks and sugar in a bowl.
Brandy Crème Anglaise, for servinglarge egg yolks3
5
Slowly drizzle 1/4 cup warm milk mixture into the egg mixture. Once yolks are warm, whisk in remaining milk mixture. Return everything to the saucepan. Cook, over medium heat, whisking, until mixture reaches 180°F on an instant-read thermometer, 4 to ⏱️ 5 minutes.
6
Strain into a bowl and stir in 1 to 2 tsp. brandy. Cool completely. (Makes 1 1/3 cups.)
7
Serve Plum Pudding sliced with Brandy Crème Anglaise alongside.
Brandy Crème Anglaise, for serving
Reviews & Ratings
Share your thoughts and feedback about this recipe
Write a Review
Community Feedback
0 ReviewsLoading reviews...