- 1125g self raising flour
- 1125g Breadcrumbs
- 1125g suet
- 2500g Dark muscavado sugar
- 500g ground almonds
- 5tsp mixed spice
- 2 ½tsp mix spice
- 2 ½tsp cinnamon
- 750g stoned prunes
- 750g grated carrot
- 3750g mixed currants, sultanas, raisins.
- 250g mixed peel
- 10 green apples chopped
- 5 oranges zested and juiced
- 5 lemons zested and juiced
- 1250g whole egg
- 1.5L Stouts
- 200g golden syrup
- 200g black treacle
- 750ml rum
christmas pudding 1
Ingredients
Method
Cream together butter and sugar
Add eggs slowly, then the flour
Fold in rest of the ingredients.
Place in a big container, cover, store in the fridge for 1 week
put into well buttered and floured moulds.
Steam in steamer tray covered in cling film for 1 ½ hours. Allow to cool, demould, and store for a couple of months until needed.
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