Steaming the Christmas Pudding

recovering_spendaholic

I have resorted to the microwave the last few years for my Christmas pudding and I must admit that it isn't as nice as when I used to have the nice steamed ones my Dad made. I am put off steaming by the fact that the last time I tried it the pudding got all wet and soggy.. however I was just wondering if I could steam the pudding in my Tefal vitamin plus steamer? Has anyone done this? I know that the timer only runs for an hour so it would need resetting and refilling several times but it occured to me that this may be a solution, but I don't want to waste a load of mixture if it goes wrong. Can anyone advise?

jaytar

I did exactly the same last year and it came out perfect.

furndire

Do you mean the three tier steamers which you use for veg? I was just thinking earlier that I would like to make a Xmas pud this year, but didn't have a big enough pan - never thought of using steamer.

recovering_spendaholic

furndire wrote:

Do you mean the three tier steamers which you use for veg? I was just thinking earlier that I would like to make a Xmas pud this year, but didn't have a big enough pan - never thought of using steamer.

Yes - that's the one I meant - You can take the base of of the top two tiers so it makes one really deep steamer.

furndire

Brilliant, I've not used mine for ages, but will drag it out tomorrow. 9 year old granddaughter is coming tomorrow, and we'll have a go together.

thriftlady_2

You can steam Christmas puds in a slow cooker

super41

I made a slow cooker Christmas pud in the slow cooker last year and it was absolutely delicious. We also heated it up in the slow cooker on Christmas day. The recipe was in the Morphy Richards slowcooker booklet and I can recommend it.

GiJo

How long did you steam it for in the SC each time and how much water did you put in? I've always used my old fashioned steamer which takes hours and you have to keep your eye on the water level so can't leave it.

Thanks in advance

LondonDiva

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Please, please tell us more about steaming in a slow cooker:j

I've wanted to make a Sussex Pond Pudding for years at home and only the logistics of steaming has put me off:doh:

Do you use a trivet of any kind or do you just plunk and away?

thriftlady_2

If I remember rightly, you put the pudding on a trivet (I used a biscuit cutter) with water up to about half way. I think I steamed it for 8 hours. The instructions aren't in my Morphy Richards manual, but I'm pretty sure that's how I did it last year, and that's how I'll do it this year It doesn't save time but it does stop the kitchen steaming up and it can't boil dry.

dannahaz

I make lots of christmas puddings (16 so far this year) and because they take so long to steam I like to do as many as possibe in one go.

I use ordinary saucepan steamers on all the hob rings, and I use an electric steamer as well. All work perfectly.

The only thing I find with the electric one is that, as well as having to top it up and rest the timer every hour, I have to empty the drip tray every hour. I put a teatowel down and put everything on that, then any grease is caught in the teatowel which is then chucked in the machine. Otherwise the worksurface gets greasy.

Hope that helps