Sussex pond pudding

Name: Sussex pond pudding
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h 50 min
Yield: Serves 4-6
Ingredients: 120 g (4 oz) light soft brown sugar; 240 g (7½ oz) unsalted butter, softened; 1 thin-skinned lemon, washed; 120 g (4 oz) demerara sugar; grated rind of 1 lemon; 180 g (5¾ oz) self-raising flour; 70 ml (2¼ fl oz) milk; 75 g (2½ oz) grated suet

Preparation info

Serves
4-6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
4 hr

Appears in

Puddings

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 2000

About

Inside the light suet pastry is a whole lemon, sugar and butter which, when the pudding is cut into, causes a flood of lemony juices to rush out to form a pond of sauce.

Ingredients

Filling

240 g (7½ oz) unsalted butter, softened
120 g (4

Dessert

Method

Prepare a 1 litre pudding basin for steaming (see Chef’s techniques).
To make the filling, place the butter and sugars in a bowl and, using a wooden spoon or electric beaters, beat together until soft and pale. Prick the lemo