Christmas Pudding

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recipe by Kenwood https://kenwoodworld.com/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    18hrs 15mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    6
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    783

A traditional British Christmas pudding recipe. The pudding is usually made before Christmas then stored; this allows the flavour to develop over time. During the run up to Christmas the pudding is also 'fed' regularly with a little Brandy. The first step is to soak the dried fruit in sherry or brandy for two hours or overnight so allow extra time for this. The pudding is steamed for six hours, cooled, then stored until re-heating and serving on Christmas Day. To heat on Christmas Day, repeat the steaming process and steam for 2 hours.

recipe updated 18 Oct. 2023

Ingredients

  • Unsalted butter icon
    Unsalted butter
    175 g
  • Egg icon
    Egg
    4
  • Blanched almonds icon
    Blanched almonds
    50 g
  • Orange icon
    Orange
    1
  • Lemon icon
    Lemon
    ½
  • Currants icon
    Currants
    200 g
  • Raisins icon
    Raisins
    200 g
  • Sultanas icon
    Sultanas
    200 g
  • Candied citrus peel icon
    Candied citrus peel
    50 g
  • Cooking sherry icon
    Cooking sherry
    150 ml
  • Dark brown sugar icon
    Dark brown sugar
    175 g
  • Plain flour icon
    Plain flour
    150 g
  • Fresh breadcrumbs icon
    Fresh breadcrumbs
    100 g
  • Mixed spice icon
    Mixed spice
    1 teaspoon
  • Water icon
    Water
    as needed

Tools

  • kCook icon Stove
  • kCook icon Plastic wrap
  • kCook icon Kenwood Chef
  • kCook icon Large mixing bowl
  • kCook icon Pudding bowl - 1.2l (2 pint)
  • kCook icon Kenwood bowl - kenwood chef
  • kCook icon Large saucepan

Step preview

  1. Add currants, raisins, sultanas, candied citrus peel and Cooking Sherry to a clean large mixing bowl
  2. Stir until combined
  3. Cover with plastic wrap
  4. Soak overnight
  5. Grease a clean pudding bowl
  6. Attach Creaming beater
  7. Add unsalted butter and dark brown sugar to the Kenwood Bowl
  8. Mix with splashguard fitted - 2 min, Speed 2
  9. Then add plain flour, egg, blanched almonds, fresh breadcrumbs, orange, lemon and mixed spice to the Kenwood Bowl
  10. Transfer soaked fruit to Kenwood Bowl
  11. Mix with splashguard fitted - 1 min, Speed 2
  12. Transfer mixture to pudding bowl
  13. Cut a circle, 3cm larger than the top of the bowl from a piece of parchment paper
  14. Grease the paper circle with butter and place over the pudding bowl
  15. Secure with a string, then top with two layers of plastic wrap
  16. Place a trivet or saucer into the base of the large saucepan
  17. Transfer pudding bowl to large saucepan
  18. Add water to the large saucepan
  19. Cover with a lid
  20. Simmer and let cool - 6 hr, medium-low heat
  21. Remove the old parchment paper and plastic wrap
  22. Cut a circle, 3cm larger than the top of the bowl from a piece of parchment paper
  23. Grease the paper circle with butter and place over the pudding bowl
  24. Secure with a string, then top with two layers of plastic wrap
  25. Serve
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