Sweet Potato Pudding

Name: Sweet Potato Pudding
Yield: Serves 10-12
Ingredients: 100 g (3½ oz) raisins; 1 tsp salt; 1 tbsp rum; juice of 1 orange; 1 tsp grated nutmeg; 100 g (3½ oz) butter, melted, plus extra for the tin; single cream, to serve; 200 g (7 oz) soft brown sugar; 200 g (7 oz) plain flour; 3 tsp ground cinnamon; 1 kg (2 lb 4 oz) sweet potato, grated; 2 large eggs; 3 tsp vanilla extract; 200 ml (7 fl oz) coconut milk

Preparation info

Serves
10-12

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Food for Friends

By Levi Roots

Published 2010

About

A beautiful, golden pudding, this is a Jamaican classic. Back in the Caribbean, we often make it in a pot over hot coals with more piled on a lid on top. As the saying goes, ‘Hell-ah-top, Hell-ah-bottom - and Hallelujah in the middle!’

Ingredients

100 g (3½ oz) raisins
juice of 1 orange

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas mark 4. Put the raisins in a small saucepan with the orange juice and rum. Bring to the boil, turn off the heat and leave to soak for 10 minutes or while you prepare the other ingredients.
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