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Christmas Pudding with Hard Sauce

Christmas Pudding
Christmas Dinner Menu
Prep Time: 1 hour
Cook Time: 3 days 8 hours
Total Time: 3 days 9 hours
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: English
Calories per serving: 374kcal

Ingredients

Pudding
  • 2 cups suet, grated
  • 1 loaf stale bread, crumbled
  • 2 cups brown sugar
  • 6 eggs
  • 1 tablespoon Saigon cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon Mace
  • ½ teaspoon Nutmeg
  • ½ teaspoon Allspice
  • 2 cups citron, or candied citrus peel mix
  • 2 cups raisins
  • ⅓ cup whiskey
Hard Sauce
  • ½ stick unsalted butter
  • ½ box powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon whiskey

Instructions

Pudding
  • Beat the eggs. Add the sugar, spices, and whiskey. Mix together well.
  • Add half of the breadcrumbs, and mix. Keep on adding breadcrumbs until you have a consistency a little moister than stuffing.
  • Add the suet and raisins. Mix well. If you still need more breadcrumbs, add them now.
  • Add the citron and mix well.
  • Put water in a four-quart saucepan and set it to boil. if you are using a 4-6 quart Nesco, preheat it to 400.
  • If you have a metal steamer, then fill it with the mixture. Otherwise, fill a medium-sized metal bowl with the mixture. Top with foil and secure with butcher’s twine.
  • If you don’t have a Nesco, then use a large stockpot with a pasta insert. If you don’t have that, then use a large stockpot, and put a cleaned out tuna can upside down to hold the pudding.
  • Put the pudding on the rack, and fill the vessel one inch up the pudding with the hot water.
  • If you are not using the Nesco, put the flame on low. You don’t want it to boil away too fast.
  • Check the water level every hour, replenishing with hot water as needed. Steam for 4 hours.
  • Remove from the heat and let sit at least 15 minutes before serving. Best to wait at least 24 hours. Store your pudding in a dark, cool place. Under a bed, in an unheated bedroom is best.
Hard Sauce
  • Beat the sugar, whiskey and powdered sugar together. Chill.
  • To serve your pudding, put it on a nice flame retardant plate, preferably glass.
  • Put the hard sauce in a nice serving bowl.
  • Have ready a match. Also have ready a large metal bowl, larger than the pudding and platter.
  • Present the pudding by lighting it with the match. It should only flame for a few seconds. If it does not, you may suffocate the flames with the large bowl.
  • Encourage guests to have a little hard sauce with their pudding and enjoy!

Notes

Quick notes
All the ingredients here are approximate. This is a real "eyeball it" recipe. Basically, you want to have the same amount of suet, eggs, and sugar. Just add enough breadcrumbs to come up with a stuffing like consistency. Although it may seem complicated, this is actually a very simple dessert to make.
Variations
You may use brandy instead of whiskey. You may also use all citron instead of the mix. You may add nuts if desired.
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