What happens when Christmas pudding goes on holiday to a German festive market? Rich with amaretto and studded with pieces of golden marzipan, this stollen-inspired treat feels lighter than a traditional pudding. Serve it dusted with icing sugar or, if you’d like a little more drama, flamed with booze.
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Yields:
8 serving(s)
Prep Time:
25 mins
Cook Time:
4 hrs 30 mins
Total Time:
4 hrs 55 mins
Cal/Serv:
395
Ingredients
150 g sultanas
100 g glacé cherries, roughly chopped
100 g flaked almonds, toasted
50 g chopped mixed peel
100 ml amaretto
Butter, to grease
1/4 tsp. freshly grated nutmeg
1 tsp. cinnamon
100 g caster sugar
50 g plain flour
50 g fresh white breadcrumbs
2 medium eggs, beaten
25 g vegetarian suet
100 g golden marzipan, roughly chopped
TO SERVE
Icing sugar, to dust
Directions
Step 1Put the dried fruit, almonds, mixed peel and amaretto into a large non-metallic bowl. Stir, cover and leave to soak overnight (or 12hr) at room temperature.
Step 2Lightly grease a 900ml pudding basin and line base with a disc of baking parchment. Put a 35.5cm square of foil on top of a square of baking parchment the same size. Fold a 4cm pleat across the centre. Set aside.
Step 3Add remaining ingredients to soaked fruit; mix well. Spoon into prepared basin, pressing down to level. Put pleated foil and parchment square (foil-side up) on top of the basin and smooth down to cover. Using a long piece of string, tie securely under the lip of the basin and loop over top, then tie to make a handle.
Step 4To cook, put a heatproof saucer in the base of a large, deep pan that has a tight-fitting lid. Lower in the prepared pudding and pour in enough water to come halfway up sides of basin, taking care not to get any on top of pudding. Cover with the lid, bring to the boil, then simmer gently for 4½hr, checking the water level and topping up as necessary.
Step 5Carefully remove pudding from pan; cool completely. Wrap basin, still with its foil lid, tightly in clingfilm and a further layer of foil. Store in a cool, dark place to mature for up to 2 months.
Step 6To reheat, remove foil and clingfilm, as well as the lid. Re-cover as per instructions in steps 2 and 3. Following method in step 4, reheat for 2hr, until piping hot in centre when pierced with a skewer. Remove from pan and leave to sit for 5min. Carefully remove lid and invert on to serving plate. Peel off baking parchment, dust with icing sugar to serve, or flame (see GH TIP).
GH TIPS
To flame, warm approximately 50ml amaretto in a small pan. At the table, pour the warm alcohol over the pudding and light with a long match. Wait for the flames to go out before serving.
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