Our Christmas Pudding and White Sauce Recipe

16011996

just thought someone may like it, is a bit unusual, but not as heavy as normal (shop bought) puddings.

Plum Pudding, (School).

4 oz flour
4 oz shredded suet
4 oz grated carrot
4 oz bread crusts
½ pint milk
½ tsp mixed spice
¼ tsp bicarb of soda
4 oz currants
2 oz sultanas
2 oz raisins
1 oz candied peel
4 oz sugar

Soak the bread in the milk, beat up. Add to the other dry ingredients. Mix well. Put in a greased basin, cover with greaseproof paper or tin foil, and steam for 4-6 hours on the first day, and 2 hours Christmas day.

(Makes a 2 pint size pudding)

White Sauce

2 oz margarine
2 oz flour
1 pint milk
sugar to taste

Melt the butter, but do not boil, add the flour stirring well to avoid lumps. Add milk a little at a time, stirring continuously to avoid lumps. Bring to the boil, stirring all the time, and add sugar to taste, serve straight away. Or leave to cool and reheat gently.

franky

sounds lovely 160

16011996

it is, its my grans recipe from the first being married, but it did them for 65 years, and is truly delicious.

Spendless

is there an alternative to steaming for so long? could you steam in the slow cooker perhaps :-/

16011996

i'm not sure, cos we always done it this way, as my gran was a stickler. got to make some more, so may experiment, and let you know.

Galtizz

I have read this suggestion somewhere.

You have to put the pudding in a heat proof dish (pyrex one for example) put that in the slow cooker then put plenty of water in the crockpot can't remember the times though. I'll see if I can find where I read it.

16011996

it should work, wasn't it on slow cooker thread, about puddings in it?

Galtizz

We're following each other around the board today 160 ;D

Found it:

Math wrote:

Any pudding you would traditionally steam can be cooked in a slow cooker. Fab for cooking/reheating your Christmas pudding when you have no room on the hob. I cook my Christmas pudding overnight. 1 1/2 pts of water lasts 8 hours with no boiling over or need to top up. I used to hate the day I couldn't go out cos the pudding was on and needed watching.

It's about 1/2 way down the second page of the slow cooker thread.

16011996

thanks, galtiz, i'll give it a go with the next batch and let you know.