| Serves | 8 |
| Preparation Time | 30 minutes |
| Cooking Time | 1¼ |
| Oven Temp | 160°C |
| Oven Setting | Classic Convention |
Eves Pudding
Eve's Pudding is a British sweet of apples topped with a light and deliciously creamy steamed pudding mixture. The method works equally well with other fruits, so try varying it throughout the year, using seasonally available produce.
Ingredients
- 625g cooking apples, peeled, cored and sliced
- Sprinkle of lemon juice
- ½ cup of sugar
- ½ qty Steamed Pudding mixture
Method
- Place the apples in a deep oven proof dish, ideally a soufflé dish and sprinkle with the lemon juice and sugar.
- Mix the steamed pudding mixture and spread it lightly over the fruit.
- Bake for 1-1¼ hours, until the pudding has risen and is set.
Variations
- Use sliced rhubarb and add 1 Tbsp ground ginger to the batter with the flour.
- Sprinkle dried elderberry flowers or elderberry cordial on to a fruit-base of fresh gooseberries.
- Skin and slice peaches for the fruit.
- Add a few drops of rosewater to the sponge mixture and sprinkle on some flaked almonds before baking.
- Replace 2 Tbsp flour with 2 Tbsp flaked coconut in the pudding mixture.
- Use tropical fruits such as mango or papaya.
- Try dark soft fruits, such as blackberries and black currants with a light lemon pudding mixture.
Issue 9 - Christmas 2009
For most people, Christmas dinner is the meal of the year, and the one for which the host and hostess, family and friends reserve the highest hopes and the greatest of expectations.
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