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date & nut steamed pudding

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mmccance avatar
Recipe by
Marcia McCance
@mmccance
Stone Mountain, GA

I discovered another steamed pudding recipe in Mom's notebook! As I mentioned, her father was born in England and she was raised with steamed puddings which Grandma learned to do for her husband. See directions for various ways to do the steaming... Enjoy

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method Steam

Ingredients For date & nut steamed pudding

  • DRY INGREDIENTS:
  • 3/4 c
    soft bread crumbs
  • 1/2 c
    chopped walnuts
  • 1/2 c
    chopped dates
  • 1/2 tsp
    baking powder
  • 1/2 c
    sugar (scant)
  • dash
    salt
  • WET INGREDIENTS:
  • 1/2 c
    milk
  • 1 Tbsp
    melted butter
  • 1
    whole egg

How To Make date & nut steamed pudding

  • 1
    Mix the dry ingredients
  • 2
    Beat together the butter, milk, and eggs, then add to dry ingredients and mix well
  • 3
    Butter the mold (the bowl you will be cooking the pudding in) then place the pudding mixture into the mold. Some people also line the mold with parchment paper to make it easier to get the pudding out of the mold after it is cooked.
  • 4
    After wrapping the mold in buttered grease paper and aluminum foil (see BBC video below) place mold in steamer pan to steam for two or three hours til done
  • 5
    An English pudding may be steamed in A. A steamer pan (similar to a double boiler with holes in the bottom of the top pan) B. A Slow cooker C. A large stock pot on the stove
  • 6
    To watch an excellent video from the BBC that explains how to wrap and seal a pudding, then cook it in a stock pot go here: http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/videos/1060/steaming-a-pudding OR HERE FOR MORE TIPS AND HINTS: http://allrecipes.co.uk/how-to/47/how-to-steam-christmas-pudding.aspx
  • 7
    It can also be done in a slow cooker: After the pudding is wrapped (see BBC video above) place the pudding mold into the slow cooker. Pour in sufficient water to come 1/2 way up the sides of the pudding bowl. Cover and cook on HIGH for 5-7 hours. (You may need to scrunch up a bit of aluminum foil, or use an inverted saucer to lift the mold off the bottom of the crock pot.)
  • 8
    No matter the method, be sure to also keep a kettle of hot water on the stove, so you can top up the hot water in the steamer pan every so often. You don't want the steamer pan to go dry, it must have water and steam in it continually to finish steaming the pudding and since steam evaporates, the water level will need to be replenished. Just keep checking it every so often. You also do not want the hot water to bubble into the mold, that would ruin the pudding, so that is why the water level must be kept at half way up the bowl (mold) and the heat must keep the water steaming but not at a rolling boil.
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