Christmas Pudding da Alessandra, Gabriele, Gaia Smile e Federica D.P.

          

No British Christmas is complete without a Christmas Pudding. Everyone needs a great recipe, and this is my favourite recipe. This is the British recipe:

Make several weeks ahead- Preparation time 45 minutes – Cooking time 8 hours

115 gr. breadcrumbs (briciole di pane)

55 gr. almonds blanched and chopped (pelate e tritate)

115 gr. flour;  rind of ½ lemon grated

230 gr. suet ;  pinch of salt

230 gr. currants ; pinch of mixed spice

230 gr. sultanas ; 1 grated apple

230 gr. raisins ; 3 large or 4 small eggs

85 gr. Candied peel ; 15-16 cups stout (birra scura)

115 gr. demerara sugar (zucchero non raffinato)

Method : mix all the ingredients together except the eggs and stout. Beat the eggs in a bowl and add the shout. Pour the egg mixture on to the other ingredients and stir them together. Put the mixture into a 1l  pudding basin and cover with tinfoil . Steam for about 6 hours taking care that the saucepan does not boil dry. Remove the pudding from  the steamer and keep in a dry cool atmosphere  until required. On the day it is to be eaten return it to the steamer and cook for a further 2 hours.

Curiosity

Christmas pudding contains small objects each of witch has a meaning: for example if you find a coin in your slice you will become rich, if you find a ring you will get married.

    Enjoy it and Merry Christmas