Easy Moist Christmas Pudding Recipe
This easy Christmas pudding is moist, rich, and loaded with dried figs, dates, raisins, prunes, and candied peel soaked in whisky. It has all the warmth and depth of a classic pudding but is genuinely easier to make than the traditional version. Steam it gently and it comes out with an intensely fruity, fragrant result that fills the kitchen with the most beautiful holiday scent. Also try my Christmas Fruit Cupcakes, Cranberry Orange Cupcakes, or Vegan Panettone.
Easy Moist Christmas Pudding Recipe
How to make Easy Moist Christmas Pudding. This Moist and Rich Christmas Pudding is loaded with fruits and flavor.
Dietary note: Contains eggs and dairy. This recipe is not vegan.
Ingredients
Dried Fruit Mix 2 cups (350 g): Soak dried fruits in 1/4 cup water overnight + 1 tbsp Whisky
- Dried Fig
- Dates
- Raisin
- Prune
- Candied Orange Peel
- Coconut Chunks
Pudding
- 2 cups (350 g) Dried Fruit Mix Soak dried fruits in 1/4 cup water overnight + 1 tbsp Whisky
- 1/2 cup (110 g) brown sugar
- 1/2 cup (113 g) unsalted butter, melted
- 1/4 cup (60 ml) whiskey (or brandy)
- 1 large egg
- Juice of 1 orange
- 1/2 cup (70 g) All-Purpose Flour
- 1 tsp (5 g) baking powder
- 1 cup (115 g) Bread Crumbs
- 1/2 tsp (2 g) ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp (2 g) nutmeg
Instructions
- Prepare the dried-fruit mixture ahead: the video description specifies soaking 2 cups (350 g) mixed dried fruit overnight in 1/4 cup water with 1 tablespoon whisky.
- Mix the soaked fruit with the brown sugar, melted butter, egg, nutmeg and cinnamon. Stir in the orange juice and the 1/4 cup whisky listed for the pudding.
- Mix in the breadcrumbs, flour and baking powder until combined.
- Grease a heatproof 7-inch (18 cm) bowl with butter. Spoon in the mixture and smooth the top. Cover with parchment, then foil, and secure with cooking string.
- Place the bowl on a steamer rack above water in a covered pot. Steam over medium heat for 1 1/2–2 hours. Check the water level during steaming and add boiling water as needed so the pot does not boil dry.
- Carefully remove the hot bowl. Let it cool enough to handle, remove the covers and invert onto a serving plate.
Video
Notes
Allow overnight soaking before mixing the pudding. The video specifies 1 1/2–2 hours of steaming; soaking and cooling are additional, so no complete total is supplied. The preparation field retains the existing estimate; the video confirms the specific cooking or resting stages described above.
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