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Best of Britain On-Line Cookbook
Desserts
Snowdonian Pudding (Pwdin Eryri)
Bring a bit of Welsh to the dinner table with this classic Welsh
pudding.
Ingredients:
1
tsp Melted Butter
60g
Seedlees Raisins
115g
Fresh White Breadcrumbs
80g
Atora Vegetable Suet, Shredded
25g
Cornflour
75g
Tate + Lyle Demerara Sugar
75g
Chivers Tangy Marmalade
Finely
Grated Rind of 1 Lemon
2
Eggs
Sauce:
60g
Sugar
100ml
Water
Finely
Grated Rind of 1 Lemon
1
tsp Cornflour
100ml
Sherry or Madeira
1
tbsp Butter
Preparation:
- Prepare a stemer or a large pot half filled with
boiling water. Brush the inside of a 1.2 litre pudding basin with
the melted butter and sprinkle with about half the raisins.
- Mix together the remaining raisins, fresh
breadcrumbs, shredded suet, cornflour, sugar, marmalade and the
lemon rind.
- Beat the eggs and stir thouroughly into the
mixture, mixing evenly.
- Spoon into the prepared basin and level the
surface. Cover with a pleated sheet of greaseproof paper and a
layer of pleated foil, sealing the edges thoughly.
- Steam or boil the pudding for 1 1/2 hours,
checking occasionally to make sure the water does not boil dry.
- Meanwhile, to make the sauce, dissolve the
sugar in the water in a pot over a low heat. Add the lemon rind
and simmer gently for about 10 minutes, then remove the lemon
rind.
- Mix the cornflour with a little of the sherry
or Madeira to a smooth paste, then stir into the liquid in the
pot.
- Stir until boiling, then add the remaining
sherry or Madeira with the butter and simmer for 2-3 minutes,
stirring until the sauce is smooth and glossy.
- Turn the pudding out onto a serving plate
and serve hot with wine sauce poured over it.
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