Steamed orange pudding

Name: Steamed orange pudding
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 45 min
Total time: 2 h 15 min
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: finely grated rind of 1 orange; 2 egg yolks; 1 teaspoon Grand Marnier or Cointreau; 2 large eggs, beaten; 100 g (3¼ oz) thin-cut marmalade; 185 g (6 oz) self-raising flour; 45 g (1½ oz) caster sugar; 2 large oranges, peel and pith removed; milk, for mixing; 320 ml (10½ fl oz) orange juice; ½ teaspoon cornflour; 125 g (4 oz) caster sugar; 125 g (4 oz) unsalted butter, at room temperature

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
2 hr 30

Appears in

Puddings

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 2000

About

Hot, light and full of flavour, this pudding will brighten the gloom of a winter’s day like a burst of summer sunshine. Serve with the orange sauce or custard.

Ingredients

100 g (3¼ oz) thin-cut marmalade
2 large oranges, peel and pith removed

Dessert
Summer
Winter
Vegetarian

Method

Prepare a 1.25 litre pudding basin for steaming (see Chef’s techniques).
Spoon the marmalade into the pudding basin. Finely slice the oranges, then line the basin with the orange slices, from the marmalade base to the top of