Christmas pudding questions

thunderchild

debbym wrote: »

The treacle gives it a more toffee flavour but there is no reason why you couldn't use a darker sugar e.g soft brown sugar or muscavado to give the same flavour. I'm sure it will taste great whatever you use well done for making your own and being organised enough to start it now. I'm not that organised....:o

Hubby usually does it but I an having a massive bake-fest on sunday so may as well add the pud to the list!

Spicey

I am planning on making my xmas puddings this weekend. Really old recipe that belonged to my nan. requires 9 hours of boiling. Does anybody know if it would be ok to microwave instead?

Spicey

As no one answered, I thought I would add this incase anyone ever has the same question. After much research I have discovered that you should never put a traditional xmas pudding in the microwave. Its because of the amount of suger and booze in an old recipe.

thunderchild

Spicey wrote: »

As no one answered, I thought I would add this incase anyone ever has the same question. After much research I have discovered that you should never put a traditional xmas pudding in the microwave. Its because of the amount of suger and booze in an old recipe.

If you have a slow cooker you could pop it in over night?

icecreamdogpark

Ok so i made a christmas pudding as per the recipe but only half filled my 4 pint bowl which now i`m steaming :j but i have now 3 small 1 pint bowls to steam how long should i steam these for am guessing 3 hrs but would like to hear from others more experienced as me as this is the first time i`ve made C.Puds Many Thanks

marmiterulesok

Hi,
One large,1 litre pudding needs 8 hours steaming,
500ml puds need 6 hours and 400ml ones need 4 hours.
They take a long time!;)

Desperate_Housewife_2-2

Some people on here do them in their slow cooker but I bung mine in the micro takes a few mins and you get a longer burn when you set it alight!

icecreamdogpark

Wow so my large one needs 8 hrs and my small one 6 hrs? Right ? wow thats a long time they better be worth it !! LOL Thanks.Desperate Housewife i did toy with the idea of doing a microwave recipe but wanted to have a ago at the traditional way,But i have a fab recipes for banana pudding done in the micro the kids love it !

marmiterulesok

You can also do them in the slow cooker.For this you add an extra 2 hours on to the cooking time!

I did 400ml ones in the SC,they took 6 hours.

I also have a recipe for the microwave,it takes 5 minutes at a time,done three times.

The banana pudding sounds nice.

icecreamdogpark

Sadly i have a huge slow cooker but the ceramic bowl is slipt 2/3 and 1/3 so can`t put big round ckes/puds in it !! wished i`d bought the whole bowl type