You might have missed out on Stir-up Sunday if you haven’t already made your Christmas pudding, but it’s not too late.
If you want to mature a Christmas pudding in time for December 25, it’s best to do it this week to give it some time.
And for a particularly special recipe, Buckingham Palace chefs have released the one enjoyed by the Queen every year.
It’s a straightforward process, following the traditional superstition to make the pudding with 13 ingredients to represent Christ and the 12 apostles
Posting the recipe at the weekend, the chefs said: ‘Today is Stir-up Sunday: traditionally the day when home cooks ‘stir up’ their Christmas pudding mixture on the Sunday before the Advent season – and the countdown to Christmas – begins.
‘This year, chefs in the Royal kitchens have shared their recipe for a traditional Christmas pudding. We hope that some of you enjoy making it in your own homes.’
Ingredients
The recipe will make two 1kg puddings.
- 250g raisins
- 250g currants
- 185g sultanas
- 150g mixed peel
- 250g suet or vegetarian suet
- 250g breadcrumbs
- 90g flour
- 12g mixed spice
- 2 whole eggs
- 180g demerara sugar
- 275ml beer
- 40ml dark rum
- 40ml brandy
- If you don’t want to use alcohol, you can substitute for orange juice or cold tea
Method
- Combine all the dry ingredients -raisins, currants, sultanas, mixed peel, suet, breadcrumbs, flour and mixed spice and sugar. Stir them together in a bowl.
- Add the eggs and liquid and stir together.
- Grease your pudding basins and press the mixture into them. Cover the top with a piece of greaseproof paper.
- Cover the basins with muslin or foil and place in a deep saucepan. Fill up with water to 3/4 the height of the pudding basins.
- Cover the whole saucepan with foil and cook for steam for six hours, refilling the water if necessary.
- Once cooled, wrap the puddings well and keep them in a dry, dark and damp place until Christmas,
- On Christmas Day, reheat your pudding in a bain-marie for 3-4 hours. Remove from the basin using a rounded knife or palette knife, flip out onto a plate, garnish or flambé and serve with brandy sauce and cream.
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source https://metro.co.uk/2020/11/24/queens-chefs-reveal-recipe-for-royal-familys-christmas-pudding-13646081/
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