Steamed Orange Pudding

Name: Steamed Orange Pudding
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 2 eggs; 2 tablespoons milk; 4 oz (100 g) unsalted butter; 4 tablespoons golden syrup; juice and zest of 2 oranges; 4 oz (100 g) self-raising flour; 1 oz (25 g) fresh breadcrumbs; ½ teaspoon baking powder; 4 oz (100 g) caster sugar

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Shaun Hill's Cookery Book

By Shaun Hill

Published 1990

About

Steamed puddings are hefty eating. Plan a light main course to precede one. If orange isn’t what you fancy, lemon will stand in adequately – or whatever flavour you want!

Ingredients

4 oz (100 g) unsalted butter
4 oz (100

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Cream the butter and sugar together.
Stir in the dry ingredients.
Beat in the eggs, then add the milk and orange juice and zest.
Butter the sides of four small bowls or four large ramekin dishes. Put a tablespoon of syrup in each bowl and pour on the batter. Fasten silver foil loosely across the tops to act as lids, and tie on with string.