One-day Christmas pudding

Name: One-day Christmas pudding
Yield: Makes 2 large puddings, each serving 6
Ingredients: Juice and finely grated zest of 1 unwaxed orange; Small glass of brandy, warmed to finger heat, to flame; 150 g currants; 125 g mixed crystallised peel, chopped; 2 large eggs, forked to blend; 1 mature carrot, scraped and grated; 250 ml stout or any dark beer; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 125 g unsalted butter, melted; 150 g fresh breadcrumbs; ½ tsp ground cloves; 75 g plain flour; 1 large cooking apple, peeled cored and grated; 1 tbsp black treacle; 125 g dried apricots, diced; 150 g sultanas; 125 g dark muscovado sugar; ½ tsp freshly grated nutmeg; 125 g blanched almonds, roughly chopped; 125 g prunes, stoned and chopped

Preparation info

Makes 2 large puddings, each serving
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Cook’s Year in a Welsh Farmhouse

By Elisabeth Luard

Published 2011

About

The ingredients list is long but the method simple. No need to make ’em ahead – just cook and serve.

Ingredients

1 mature carrot, scraped and grated
1 large cooking apple, peeled cored and grated
Juice and finely grated zest of 1

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Mix all the ingredients together (except the brandy) in a roomy bowl and leave overnight to absorb each other’s flavours.

Butter a pair of 1.5 litre pudding bowls and divide the mixture between the two. Cover each with a circle of buttered greaseproof paper and a lid of foil with a pleat in