Chocolate and Cherry Christmas Pudding

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recipe by Kenwood https://kenwoodworld.com/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    2hrs 55mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    6
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    425

This steamed chocolate and cherry pudding is an alternative to the traditional Christmas pudding. Serve with cream, custard, or ice cream. Make this recipe extra indulgent by drizzling a few tablespoons of chocolate ganache or chocolate sauce over the pudding before serving.

recipe updated Oct 24, 2023

Ingredients

  • Water icon
    Water
    as needed
  • Dark chocolate icon
    Dark chocolate
    80 g
  • Glace cherries icon
    Glace cherries
    100 g
  • Green apple icon
    Green apple
    85 g
  • Egg icon
    Egg
    1
  • All purpose flour icon
    All purpose flour
    50 g
  • Muscovado sugar icon
    Muscovado sugar
    50 g
  • Cocoa powder icon
    Cocoa powder
    25 g
  • Sultanas icon
    Sultanas
    50 g
  • Currants icon
    Currants
    50 g
  • Raisins icon
    Raisins
    50 g
  • Sunflower oil icon
    Sunflower oil
    75 g
  • Treacle icon
    Treacle
    2 tablespoons
  • Kirsch icon
    Kirsch
    70 g
  • Mixed spice icon
    Mixed spice
    2 teaspoons
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    2 teaspoons

Tools

  • kCook icon Stove
  • kCook icon Kenwood Chef
  • kCook icon Pudding bowl - 1 pint
  • kCook icon Kenwood bowl - kenwood chef
  • kCook icon Large saucepan

Step preview

  1. Grease a clean pudding bowl
  2. Attach Creaming beater
  3. Add dark chocolate, all purpose flour, muscovado sugar, cocoa powder, glace cherries, sultanas, currants, raisins, green apple, sunflower oil, treacle, kirsch, egg, mixed spice and salt to the Kenwood Bowl
  4. Mix until combined then scrape bowl - 30 sec, Speed Min
  5. Mix until combined - 10 sec, Speed Min
  6. Pour mixture into pudding bowl
  7. Grease a square of foil and lay a square of parchment paper over the top
  8. Make a crease through the middle of the foil and paper
  9. Lay the foil and paper on top of the pudding bowl, paper side down
  10. Tie a string around the pudding bowl, then tie more over the top of the bowl to make a handle
  11. Place a trivet or upturned saucer into the base of the large saucepan
  12. Transfer pudding bowl to large saucepan
  13. Fill with water
  14. Heat until boiling - high heat
  15. Simmer then set aside - 2 hr 30 min, medium-low heat
  16. Let cool slightly - 10 min
  17. Remove the parchment paper and foil
  18. Place a serving plate on top of the bowl
  19. Invert the bowl to release the pudding onto the plate
  20. Serve
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