Autumn Berry Pudding

Name: Autumn Berry Pudding
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 80 ml milk; 150 ml port; 300 g mixed autumn berries, such as blackberries, blueberries, elderberries, tayberries; 60 g sugar; 125 g self-raising flour, sifted; 125 g butter, softened, plus extra for greasing; 125 g caster sugar; 2 medium eggs (at room temperature), beaten

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

British Seasonal Food

By Mark Hix

Published 2008

About

It doesn’t need to be deep midwinter to appreciate a steamed fruit pudding. When there is an abundance of our autumnal soft fruits around, I like making puddings like this, using dark autumnal fruits that are plentiful in the hedgerows - like blackberries, blueberries, tayberries, loganberries, and perhaps even a few elderberries.

Ingredients

125 g butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
125 g caster sugar
2

Europe
United Kingdom
Dessert
Vegetarian
Autumn
September

Method

Preheat the oven to 190°C/gas 5. Butter 4 individual heatproof pudding bowls or pots.

Beat the butter and caster sugar together in a bowl until light and fluffy, then gradually beat in the eggs a little at a time. Carefully fold the flour into the mixture, alternately with the