OLD-FASHIONED PLUM PUDDING AND HARD SAUCE
Looking for a delicious dessert using Progresso® Bread Crumbs? Then add this spiced and nutty plum pudding that's topped with hard sauce to your Christmas spread.
Provided by Pillsbury Kitchens
Categories Dessert
Time 4h45m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- Generously grease 1-quart mold or ovenproof glass bowl; line with double thickness of cheesecloth.
- Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off. In large bowl, combine flour, ginger, salt, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice; mix well.
- With pastry blender or 2 knives, cut in 1/2 cup butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add raisins, prunes, almonds and fruit peel; toss until fruit is well coated with flour mixture. Add bread crumbs and brown sugar; mix well. Stir in brandy and eggs; mix well. (Mixture will be very thick and almost crumbly.)
- Spoon mixture into greased and lined mold, packing firmly with back of spoon as mold is filled. Cover tightly with lid or heavy-duty foil; tie foil in place, if necessary.
- Place rack in bottom of Dutch oven or 6-quart saucepan. Add water until it reaches top of rack. Bring to a boil. Set mold on rack; carefully pour hot water around mold until about half way up mold. Return to a boil. Reduce heat to low; cover Dutch oven. Simmer 2 1/2 to 2 3/4 hours or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Add boiling water as needed.
- Meanwhile, in small bowl, combine all hard sauce ingredients; beat until smooth. Line 10-oz. custard cup or decorative mold with plastic wrap. Spoon hard sauce mixture into lined cup. Cover; refrigerate until serving time.
- Remove pudding from Dutch oven; cool in mold for 1 1/2 hours. Turn out of mold; carefully remove cheesecloth. Place on serving plate. Unmold hard sauce onto small plate; remove plastic wrap. Top each slice of pudding with small slice of hard sauce.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 700, Carbohydrate 98 g, Cholesterol 140 mg, Fat 5 1/2, Fiber 4 g, Protein 8 g, SaturatedFat 15 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 590 mg, Sugar 71 g
BRANDY BUTTER (HARD SAUCE)
This is a traditional sauce to be served with Plum Pudding. Yummy served later on hot raisin toast.
Provided by Emma
Categories Side Dish Sauces and Condiments Recipes Sauce Recipes Dessert Sauce Recipes
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Place butter, confectioners sugar, orange rind, orange juice, and brandy or cognac into food processor and mix until smooth. Pile sauce into serving bowl and refrigerate. Remove from fridge about one hour before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 376 calories, Carbohydrate 32 g, Cholesterol 68.6 mg, Fat 25.9 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 0.3 g, SaturatedFat 16.4 g, Sodium 4 mg, Sugar 31 g
PLUM PUDDING SAUCE
If you don't like plain plum pudding, top it with this!
Provided by LIZZY513
Categories Side Dish Sauces and Condiments Recipes Sauce Recipes Dessert Sauce Recipes
Time 25m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- In a small saucepan over medium heat combine margarine, sugar and the egg. Pour in milk and cook until mixture begins to bubble; be careful not to scald. Stir in flour and vanilla; mix well and serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 279.2 calories, Carbohydrate 44.5 g, Cholesterol 56.3 mg, Fat 9 g, Protein 5.8 g, SaturatedFat 2.8 g, Sodium 129.7 mg, Sugar 43.5 g
NANA'S TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS STEAMED PLUM PUDDING WITH HARD SAUCE
Steps:
- Combine the molasses, butter, milk, and eggs in a mixing bowl. Next, combine the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and cloves in a large mixing bowl. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in 3 additions. Toss candied fruit and raisins lightly with flour to prevent sinking and add to batter. Stir in brandy.
- Pour into a greased and sugared steam pudding mold and place on a rack in a large covered pot with water that comes halfway up the sides of the mold. Cover and steam for 2 hours, checking occasionally to make sure water hasn't boiled out. Let cool for 5 minutes on a rack before turning out. Dust with powdered sugar and serve with a sprig of holly and Hard Sauce.
- Beat all ingredients together until very well combined. Serve with pudding.
NANA'S TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS STEAMED PLUM PUDDING WITH HARD SAUCE
Steps:
- Combine the molasses, butter, milk, and eggs in a mixing bowl. Next, combine the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and cloves in a large mixing bowl. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in 3 additions. Toss candied fruit and raisins lightly with flour to prevent sinking and add to batter. Stir in brandy.
- Pour into a greased and sugared steam pudding mold and place on a rack in a large covered pot with water that comes halfway up the sides of the mold. Cover and steam for 2 hours, checking occasionally to make sure water hasn't boiled out. Let cool for 5 minutes on a rack before turning out. Dust with powdered sugar and serve with a sprig of holly and Hard Sauce.
- Beat all ingredients together until very well combined. Serve with pudding.
HARD SAUCE FOR BREAD PUDDING AND OTHER DESSERTS
Steps:
- Gather the ingredients.
- With a standing or hand-held mixer , beat the softened butter until creamy.
- Add the powdered sugar and mix while scraping the sides of the bowl, so the sugar and butter come together evenly.
- Add the vanilla extract, brandy, rum, or whiskey, and spices.
- Mix, scraping the sides again, to combine.
- Spoon the sauce into a bowl.
- Serve immediately and enjoy.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 178 kcal, Carbohydrate 28 g, Cholesterol 15 mg, Fiber 0 g, Protein 0 g, SaturatedFat 4 g, Sodium 2 mg, Sugar 27 g, Fat 6 g, ServingSize 8 servings, UnsaturatedFat 0 g
HARD SAUCE
Serve this hard sauce with plum pudding for a delicious and traditional Christmas dessert. This recipe is from "Entertaining," by Martha Stewart.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes
Yield Makes 1 1/2 cups
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Put ingredients in a food processor and mix until smooth and creamy. Put sauce in tightly covered jar. Refrigerate.
- Remove from refrigerator at least 1 hour before serving.
SUPERB ENGLISH PLUM PUDDING
This pudding is really best when made a year in advance and allowed to mellow. It was customary to make it early in Advent - the religious season before Christmas - and use it the following year. Everyone in the family was supposed to stir the pudding once for good luck. If you can't make it the year before, at least give it a few weeks to age.
Provided by James Beard
Categories Cake Egg Fruit Dessert Bake Marinate Steam Christmas Currant Raisin Spice Cognac/Armagnac Port Sherry Winter House & Garden Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free
Yield Each pudding serves 12
Number Of Ingredients 22
Steps:
- Blend the fruits, citron, peel, spices and suet and place in a bowl or jar. Add 1/4 cup cognac, cover tightly and refrigerate for 4 days, adding 1/4 cup cognac each day.
- Soak the bread crumbs in milk and sherry or port. Combine the well-beaten eggs and sugar. Blend with the fruit mixture. Add salt and mix thoroughly. Put the pudding in buttered bowls or tins, filling them about 2/3 full. Cover with foil and tie it firmly. Steam for 6-7 hours. Uncover and place in a 250°F. oven for 30 minutes. Add a dash of cognac to each pudding, cover with foil and keep in a cool place.
- To use, steam again for 2-3 hours and unmold. Sprinkle with sugar; add heated cognac. Ignite and bring to the table. Serve with hard sauce or cognac sauce.
HARD SAUCE (USED WITH BAKED PLUM PUDDING)
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Thoroughly cream butter and confectioners' sugar together. Add vanilla and well beaten egg yolk. Beat egg white until stiff fold into the creamed mixture. Chill.
Nutrition Facts : Nutritional Facts Total Calories
PLUM PUDDING
Plum pudding can be made anywhere from a few weeks to a year in advance and allowed to ripen in a cool place. It must be steamed 2 hours before serving. Leave it in hot water until ready to serve with hard sauce. This recipe is from "Entertaining," by Martha Stewart.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes
Yield Serves 10 to 15
Number Of Ingredients 22
Steps:
- Oil a 2-quart steamer mold or pottery bowl very well with vegetable oil and let it stand as you make the pudding.
- Combine the fruits and nuts in a large bowl. Sift flour, baking soda, salt, and spices into the fruit and nuts. Add the suet, bread, brown sugar, eggs, and jam and blend well. Beat with a wooden spoon to lighten the mixture. Pour into mold. Cover with circle or parchment paper and put on a rack in a large kettle with enough water to come halfway up the sides. Cover and keep water boiling, replenishing as necessary. Steam for 6 hours.
- Uncover pudding and pour brandy over it; put a piece of waxed paper over pudding; replace parchment and set in a cool place or on low shelf of refrigerator to ripen.
- To serve, steam for 2 more hours and invert on a serving platter. Add the 1 teaspoon sugar to the cognac, heat, pour over warm pudding, and flame with a match. Serve with hard sauce.
BAKED PLUM PUDDING
Feel free to use your favorite kind of plum for this pudding recipe, but we recommend prune plums, which have an almond-shaped body that tapers at the end. They're on the smaller side, hold up well, and the pit comes off the flesh easily, all of which makes them especially good for baking.
Provided by Carla Lalli Music
Categories Bon Appétit Dessert Fall Plum Cobbler/Crumble Brunch Bake
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Butter a 2-qt. baking dish, then dust with granulated sugar. Arrange plums in dish.
- Pulse eggs and remaining 3/4 cup granulated sugar in a food processor to combine. With the motor running, stream in half-and-half, anise liqueur, if using, and vanilla. Add flour and salt and pulse to combine. Let custard sit 10 minutes, then pour over plums.
- Bake pudding 15 minutes, then reduce oven temperature to 350°F and continue to bake until custard is golden and set, 20-25 minutes longer. Let cool slightly, then dust with powdered sugar.
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