Christmas Food - Christmas Puddings
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Traditional Plum Pudding
If you are going to have a traditional plum pudding on Christmas Day make it a few weeks early — it tastes better!
No time to make a traditional plum pudding?
Buy one of these delicious plum puddings below or make a Summer pudding Christmas Eve:
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Traditional Plum Pudding 1kg
A sumptuous traditional round Christmas pudding hand made in Australia by Pudding Lane® for Everything Christmas. Using only the very best Australian grown ingredients, each pudding is boiled in the cloth and then Cloth decorated. This size gives 8 generous servings.
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Macadamia & Brandy Pudding 1kg
Bring some gourmet magic to your 2007 Christmas fare with this delicious Macadamia & Brandy Christmas pudding, hand made in Australia by Pudding Lane® for Everything Christmas. Using only the very best Australian grown ingredients, including Golden Australian Macadamia Nuts and Barossa Valley Brandy, each pudding is boiled in the cloth and then Cloth decorated. This size gives 8 generous servings.
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Gluten Free Traditional Christmas Pudding 1kg
A traditional round moist tasting Christmas pudding hand made in Australia by Pudding Lane® for Everything Christmas. Using only the very best Australian grown ingredients, each pudding is boiled in the cloth and then Cloth decorated. This pudding is full of fruit, is Gluten Free with No Added Sugar. Pudding Lane® is a Professional Industry Member of the Coeliac Society of NSW. This Gluten Free pudding has been tested and is Certified Gluten Free. Note - Gluten is not present at test limit of <5ppm, 0.0005%. This size gives 8 generous servings. |
Date & Toffee Log 1kg
A luxuriously smooth sticky date & toffee log. A perfect indulgence for your Christmas entertaining or use as a delicious desert alternative for dinner parties all year round. Hand made in Australia by Pudding Lane®, using only the very best Australian grown ingredients. This size gives 8 generous servings, and is a delicious alternative to a traditional Christmas pudding.
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Summer Pudding
500g fresh or frozen mixed
soft fruit
( raspberries, redcurrants, blackberries, strawberries, blackcurrents, etc
1/2 cup caster sugar
6 thin slices white bread, crusts removed.
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1) Put the fruit in a saucepan with the sugar and simmer gently, stirring occasionally, until tender but not mushy.
2) Cut one circle of bread to fit the base of a 4 cup pudding basin, one for the middle and one to fit the top. cut the remaining bread in half lengthwise. Place the small cercle in the basin. Line the sides with the slices of bread. Pour in half of the fruit and cover with the middle of the circle. Top with remaining fruit, then the large circle of bread.
3) Put the basin on a plate, cover with a saucer and put a weight on top.
4) Place pudding in fridge for a few hours or overnight.
5) Turn pudding out onto a serving plate and decorate with berries and cream |
Ice Cream Pudding
2 cups mixed fruit
1 tablespoon Grand Marnier liqueur ( or other orange flavored Liqueur )
1 litre macadamia ice-cream
1). Line a 6 cup mould with foil and place in the freezer
2) Leave ice-cream at room temperature to soften. Mix in fruit and liqueur
3) Spoon into mould and press down. Cover with plastic wrap and freeze overnight.
4) Turn out onto serving plate, decorate as desired and serve.
Sauces for Christmas Puddings
Brandy Custard
¼ cup sugar
½ cup water
2 egg-yolks
2 tablespoons brandy
¼ cup cream ( whipped)
1) Place sugar and water into saucepan and stir over low heat to dissolve sugar. Bring to the boil, reduce heat and then simmer 10 minutes.
2) Beat egg-yolks and pour in hot syrup slowly beating until thick and creamy.
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Fold in whipped cream and brandy
Frozen Brandy Cream
1 cup cream
½ cup sugar
¼ cup lemon juice
3 teaspoons vanilla
1/3 cup brandy
1) Whip cream until just stiff.
2) Stir in lemon juice, vanilla and sugar.
3) Add brandy and mix carefully.
4) Place mixture into freezer tray, freeze until firm.
This is a great variation to serve with the traditional christmas pudding.
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