**Plum Pudding and Sauce: A Timeless Christmas Tradition**
Indulge in the timeless tradition of Christmas with our delectable Plum Pudding and Sauce. This classic dessert, also known as Christmas pudding, is a symbol of warmth, prosperity, and good fortune, deeply rooted in British and many other cultures. With its rich, moist texture and symphony of flavors, this steamed pudding is a true delight. Accompanied by a velvety and decadent sauce, this dish promises an unforgettable culinary experience. Whether you're a seasoned baker or a novice in the kitchen, our detailed recipes will guide you through the process of creating this festive masterpiece. From gathering the finest ingredients to assembling and steaming the pudding, and preparing the luscious sauce, we'll provide you with all the knowledge and techniques you need to impress your loved ones this holiday season. So, gather your ingredients, don your apron, and embark on a culinary journey that will fill your home with the aromas of Christmas cheer.
PLUM PUDDING SAUCE
If you don't like plain plum pudding, top it with this!
Provided by LIZZY513
Categories Side Dish Sauces and Condiments Recipes Sauce Recipes Dessert Sauce Recipes
Time 25m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- In a small saucepan over medium heat combine margarine, sugar and the egg. Pour in milk and cook until mixture begins to bubble; be careful not to scald. Stir in flour and vanilla; mix well and serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 279.2 calories, Carbohydrate 44.5 g, Cholesterol 56.3 mg, Fat 9 g, Protein 5.8 g, SaturatedFat 2.8 g, Sodium 129.7 mg, Sugar 43.5 g
PLUM PUDDING SAUCE
Steps:
- 1. This recipe is so delicious that people ask to have more plum pudding just so that they can have an excuse to eat lots of sauce. This makes a large quantity but the base will keep for several weeks in the fridge, so you can use a little at a time, adding whipped cream to taste.
- 2. Melt the butter, stir in the sugar and allow it to cool slightly. Whisk the egg and add to the butter and sugar with the sherry and port. Refrigerate.
- 3. When needed, add the lightly-whipped cream to taste. This sauce is also very good with mince pies and other tarts.
TINY TIM'S PLUM PUDDING
In A Christmas Carol, everyone claps for plum pudding. Our family has made this pudding our own tradition, and it really is something to clap for. -Ruthanne Karel, Hudsonville, Michigan
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 2h30m
Yield 12 servings (1-1/2 cups sauce).
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- Generously grease an 8-cup pudding mold, metal gelatin mold or ovenproof bowl; set aside., In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. In another bowl, mix bread crumbs, flour, orange zest, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg, salt and cloves; gradually add to creamed mixture. Fold in plums, dates, raisins, carrots and currants., Transfer to prepared pudding mold. Cover tightly with heavy-duty foil; tie foil with kitchen string to secure., Place on a rack in a stockpot; add 3 in. hot water to pot. Bring water to a gentle boil; steam cake, covered, until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 2 to 2-1/2 hours, adding more water to pot as needed. Remove pudding from pot; let stand 5 minutes before unmolding., Meanwhile, in a bowl, beat hard sauce ingredients until smooth and creamy. Unmold pudding onto a serving plate; serve warm with sauce.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 550 calories, Fat 17g fat (10g saturated fat), Cholesterol 93mg cholesterol, Sodium 292mg sodium, Carbohydrate 98g carbohydrate (80g sugars, Fiber 5g fiber), Protein 5g protein.
NANA'S TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS STEAMED PLUM PUDDING WITH HARD SAUCE
Steps:
- Combine the molasses, butter, milk, and eggs in a mixing bowl. Next, combine the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and cloves in a large mixing bowl. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in 3 additions. Toss candied fruit and raisins lightly with flour to prevent sinking and add to batter. Stir in brandy.
- Pour into a greased and sugared steam pudding mold and place on a rack in a large covered pot with water that comes halfway up the sides of the mold. Cover and steam for 2 hours, checking occasionally to make sure water hasn't boiled out. Let cool for 5 minutes on a rack before turning out. Dust with powdered sugar and serve with a sprig of holly and Hard Sauce.
- Beat all ingredients together until very well combined. Serve with pudding.
HARD SAUCE
Serve this hard sauce with plum pudding for a delicious and traditional Christmas dessert. This recipe is from "Entertaining," by Martha Stewart.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes
Yield Makes 1 1/2 cups
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Put ingredients in a food processor and mix until smooth and creamy. Put sauce in tightly covered jar. Refrigerate.
- Remove from refrigerator at least 1 hour before serving.
PLUM PUDDING AND SAUCE - DELICIOUS
Given to me by Lorainne Surette, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. After trying out many plum pudding recipes I finally found an unmatched prize. E-mail me for a history on Plum Pudding.
Provided by reya doucette
Categories Dessert
Time 2h20m
Yield 1 2lb mold, 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Traditionally old silver English pennies or silver charms wrapped in grease-proof paper were placed in the batter and cooked into the pudding.
- PLUM PUDDING:Mix ingredients in order given.
- Spray inside of mould with lots of Pam thoroughly, or grease it well. Makes 3 cups of batter. Fill plum pudding mold 3/4 full because it will rise and push the cover open if you do not leave any space for rising batter.
- Cover mould with cover.
- Steam for 2 hours in large pot placing mold on a stand making sure it does not sit directly on the bottom of the pot. I make a ring out of tinfoil to sit the mold on.
- Fill pot with water covering 3 inches from bottom of mold. Cover pot and place weight on lid. I use a rock to weigh cover down. Check water level after one hour. Add more water if the level is getting too low.
- Turn over on a plate.
- Can be frozen for later use.
- Serve hot.
- If cold heat in microwave.
- Must be eaten hot.
- SAUCE:.
- Boil Sauce ingredients except butter till thick.
- When thick add chunk of butter.
- SERVE: Slice heated Plum Pudding.
- On each slice pour some sauce and drizzle cream over it.
- Serve.
PLUM PUDDING
Provided by Food Network
Categories dessert
Time 4h30m
Yield approximately 10 to 12 serving
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Sift together the flour, salt, baking soda and spices. Mix together the rest of the ingredients, except the egg whites, adding just the yolks. Whip the egg whites until stiff and fold into the batter. Grease a pudding mold dredged with sugar and pour in batter. Cover the mold with its lid or cover tightly with foil. Steam for 3 to 4 hours, depending on the size of your mold. Serve hot with hard sauce. If you are not serving the pudding immediately, store in the refrigerator soaking in 1 ounce of brandy. Add 1 ounce each week.
- Serve with warmed Hard Sauce.
- Cream the butter in an electric mixer until pale in color. Add the sugar and mix well. Add the flavorings and mix in then adjust, to taste.
SUPERB ENGLISH PLUM PUDDING
This pudding is really best when made a year in advance and allowed to mellow. It was customary to make it early in Advent - the religious season before Christmas - and use it the following year. Everyone in the family was supposed to stir the pudding once for good luck. If you can't make it the year before, at least give it a few weeks to age.
Provided by James Beard
Categories Cake Egg Fruit Dessert Bake Marinate Steam Christmas Currant Raisin Spice Cognac/Armagnac Port Sherry Winter House & Garden Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free
Yield Each pudding serves 12
Number Of Ingredients 22
Steps:
- Blend the fruits, citron, peel, spices and suet and place in a bowl or jar. Add 1/4 cup cognac, cover tightly and refrigerate for 4 days, adding 1/4 cup cognac each day.
- Soak the bread crumbs in milk and sherry or port. Combine the well-beaten eggs and sugar. Blend with the fruit mixture. Add salt and mix thoroughly. Put the pudding in buttered bowls or tins, filling them about 2/3 full. Cover with foil and tie it firmly. Steam for 6-7 hours. Uncover and place in a 250°F. oven for 30 minutes. Add a dash of cognac to each pudding, cover with foil and keep in a cool place.
- To use, steam again for 2-3 hours and unmold. Sprinkle with sugar; add heated cognac. Ignite and bring to the table. Serve with hard sauce or cognac sauce.
MOM'S CHRISTMAS PLUM PUDDING
I love this dessert so much that now my mother makes one for dessert on Christmas and a separate one for me to take home. This pudding is very rich and small servings go a very long way. It's delicious for weeks afterward in the refrigerator. Cut a slice, add brandy sauce, microwave, and indulge while your New Year's resolution is looking the other way!
Provided by DiesOutHere
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European UK and Ireland English
Time 4h30m
Yield 16
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Generously grease a 12-cup steamed pudding mold and its lid.
- Stir together plums, crushed gingersnaps, flour, sugar, milk, butter, eggs, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg for the pudding. Pour into the prepared pudding mold and cover with the lid. Place the mold on a rack in a deep, 8-quart pot. Add boiling water to halfway up the side of the mold, making sure water does not touch the lid.
- Cover the pot and simmer for 3 hours 45 minutes, adding more boiling water, if necessary. Remove the pudding mold from the pot and cool on a wire rack until pudding pulls away from the side of the mold, about 30 minutes.
- While pudding is cooling, combine sugar, half-and-half, butter, brandy, and corn syrup in a small, heavy saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until butter melts, and sugar dissolves, 3 to 5 minutes.
- Invert pudding onto a platter and serve immediately alongside warm brandy sauce.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 493.3 calories, Carbohydrate 84 g, Cholesterol 62.1 mg, Fat 15.4 g, Fiber 1.7 g, Protein 5.1 g, SaturatedFat 8.3 g, Sodium 530.5 mg, Sugar 44.8 g
PLUM PUDDING
An old fashioned plum pudding that was passed down to me from my grandmother, with a modification of using baking mix instead of making the top from scratch. I serve it with ice cream or what I call a Dip made from milk and flavored to taste with cinnamon and vanilla. I let each individual pour on the amount of dip they would like from a small pitcher.
Provided by domestic engineer
Categories Desserts Cobbler Recipes
Time 50m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- In a 2 quart baking dish, stir together plums, 1 cup sugar, water, tapioca and cinnamon. Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes. (You can also cook the plum mixture in the microwave for 15 minutes.)
- Raise oven temperature to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
- In a medium bowl, stir together baking mix, 3 tablespoons sugar, milk and melted margarine to form a biscuit dough. Drop dough by spoonfuls onto plum mixture. Bake in preheated oven 10 minutes, until golden brown. Let cool slightly before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 468 calories, Carbohydrate 86.1 g, Cholesterol 2.2 mg, Fat 13 g, Fiber 2.8 g, Protein 5.1 g, SaturatedFat 3.1 g, Sodium 640.7 mg, Sugar 54.8 g
STEAMED PLUM PUDDING WITH PLUM BRANDY SAUCE
Wonderful, traditional, and comforting dessert! We serve a steamed pudding after Christmas dinner or any time you want to create a warm and cozy atmosphere. Don't skip the hard sauce, it really makes the dessert.
Provided by CaliforniaJan
Categories Dessert
Time 1h30m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- In a small saucepan simmer the 2 1/2 c plums and juice for 6 - 8 minutes over low-moderate heat. Cool, remove the pits from the plums and discard the pits. Drain the plums, reserving the juice (for the sauce) and chop into 1/4-inch pieces.
- In a mixing bowl beat the brown sugar and melted butter together. Add the eggs, beating in well and blend in the plums. In another bowl sift together the flour, salt, and soda and add to the plum mixture, stirring gently. Generously butter a 1 1/2 quart mold with a cover. Pour the better into the mold. Cover the mold with the top or foil and place on a rack in a large kettle. Fill the kettle with water to reach halfway up the side of the mold. Cover the kettle and bring to a simmer over low heat. Steam for one hour.
- Remove the steamed mold from the kettle, uncover and place place in a 400 degree oven for 2 - 3 minutes to dry the top slightly. Cool the pudding for a few minutes unmold onto a warm serving plate.
- Warm the cognac in a small saucepan. Remove from heat, ignite, and pour over the pudding. Bring the flaming pudding to the table accompanied by plum Brandy Sauce.
- To prepare the sauce, in a small saucepan combine the 1 cup plum juice, the granulated sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, and cornstarch. Mix well and bring to a simmer over low heat, stirring constantly until slightly thickened. Remove from heat and blend in cognac, lemon juice and 1 tablespoon butter. Serve warm with plum pudding.
- Note: This pudding may be prepared 2 - 3 days in advance, wrapped tightly and refrigerated. If this is the case, before serving steam again in the mold for about 1 hour. This is really a delicious and festive holiday dessert -- give it a try!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 355.6, Fat 14.5, SaturatedFat 8.6, Cholesterol 87.2, Sodium 423.3, Carbohydrate 54.5, Fiber 1.2, Sugar 40.1, Protein 3.7
PLUM PUDDING
Plum pudding can be made anywhere from a few weeks to a year in advance and allowed to ripen in a cool place. It must be steamed 2 hours before serving. Leave it in hot water until ready to serve with hard sauce. This recipe is from "Entertaining," by Martha Stewart.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes
Yield Serves 10 to 15
Number Of Ingredients 22
Steps:
- Oil a 2-quart steamer mold or pottery bowl very well with vegetable oil and let it stand as you make the pudding.
- Combine the fruits and nuts in a large bowl. Sift flour, baking soda, salt, and spices into the fruit and nuts. Add the suet, bread, brown sugar, eggs, and jam and blend well. Beat with a wooden spoon to lighten the mixture. Pour into mold. Cover with circle or parchment paper and put on a rack in a large kettle with enough water to come halfway up the sides. Cover and keep water boiling, replenishing as necessary. Steam for 6 hours.
- Uncover pudding and pour brandy over it; put a piece of waxed paper over pudding; replace parchment and set in a cool place or on low shelf of refrigerator to ripen.
- To serve, steam for 2 more hours and invert on a serving platter. Add the 1 teaspoon sugar to the cognac, heat, pour over warm pudding, and flame with a match. Serve with hard sauce.
Tips:
- When making the plum pudding, use a large mixing bowl to ensure that all of the ingredients are properly combined.
- For a richer flavor, use dark brown sugar instead of granulated sugar.
- If you don't have any mixed spice, you can make your own by combining equal parts ground cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves.
- Soak the raisins in hot water for 15 minutes before adding them to the pudding mixture. This will help to plump them up and give them a more intense flavor.
- Make sure to grease the pudding basin thoroughly before pouring in the pudding mixture. This will help to prevent the pudding from sticking to the basin.
- Cover the pudding basin tightly with foil before steaming. This will help to keep the pudding moist and prevent it from drying out.
- When making the sauce, use a heavy-bottomed saucepan to ensure that it doesn't burn.
- Bring the sauce to a simmer over medium heat, then reduce the heat to low and let it simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Serve the plum pudding hot, with a generous helping of sauce.
Conclusion:
Plum pudding is a classic British dessert that is perfect for Christmas or any other special occasion. It is a rich, flavorful pudding that is sure to please everyone at the table. If you have never made plum pudding before, don't be afraid to give it a try. It is easier to make than you might think, and the results are definitely worth the effort.
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