English Christmas Pudding

Name: English Christmas Pudding
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 125g raisin; 90g Green grapes; 90g Blackcurrant; 25g Orange peel; 12g almond slices; 1 piece lemon; 55g granulated sugar; 55g Bread crumbs; 1 piece egg; 13g Flour; 1/2 teaspoon Five spice powder; 1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon powder; 1/2 teaspoon Cardamom powder; 12g butter; 75ml Orange juice; 10ml Dark rum

by Xiaojun_Joanne

4.8 (1)

Favorite

Difficulty

Normal

Time

2h

Serving

4

In "Peppa Pig" (Peppa Pig), there is an episode, Christmas is coming, and Granny Pig asks the little babies to help stir the Christmas pudding, which reflects the importance of Christmas pudding in the hearts of the British.

Christmas pudding is one of the traditional Christmas foods in the UK. It is usually made on the Sunday before Christmas, and everyone will enjoy it when waiting for Christmas. The British will also add a coin to the Christmas pudding. Whoever eats it will be lucky.

English Christmas Pudding

1. Pour the red raisins, green raisins, dried black currants, almond slices, and orange zest into the mixing bowl and mix well.

2. Sift in the flour.

3. Add five-spice powder, cinnamon powder, and cardamom powder.

4. Add bread crumbs and sugar.

5. Cut the butter into small pieces, squeeze the lemon juice out, slice the lemon zest into fine pieces, and put it in a mixing bowl.

6. Stir the ingredients evenly.

7. Beat the eggs, add orange juice, and mix well.

8. Add the egg and orange juice mixture and rum to the mixing bowl and mix well. Cover with plastic wrap and marinate in the refrigerator for one night.

9. Put the marinated ingredients into a mold or bowl and press tightly, leaving some space for the cake to expand.

10. Cover with parchment paper.

11. Wrap it with tin foil.

12. Put it in a steamer and steam for 3 hours.

Tips:
1 There are many recipes for Christmas pudding, and the ingredients can be adjusted according to your own taste. For example, orange zest can be fresh instead of candied, lemon juice is replaced with fresh orange juice, etc.
2 If dark rum is not easy to find, you can use ordinary rum, Guinness beer and other spirits, or it is no problem if you don't use it.
3 Christmas pudding is traditionally paired with British Clotted Cream (a kind of cream), if not, you can also use whipped cream instead.
4 Christmas pudding goes well with red wine, spirits, and strong beer.
5 In traditional families, a coin is added to the Christmas pudding when making it. Whoever eats it will be lucky.