Christmas Pudding Dorchester

21 ingredients
11 steps

Ingredients

  • 6 ounces flour
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 teaspoon spice mixture, mace, nutmeg, cinnamon
  • 6 ounces bread crumbs
  • 1/2 pound diced suet
  • 6 ounces brown sugar
  • 1/2 pound sultana grapes
  • 1/2 pound currants
  • 1/2 pound raisins
  • 1 1/2 ounces stoned prunes
  • 1/2 pound mixed citrus peel
  • 3 ounces apples, grated
  • Juice from 1/2 lemon
  • Juice from 1/2 orange
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 1/2 ounces crystallized ginger
  • 1 ounce ground almonds
  • 1/4 pint stout
  • 1/4 pint beer
  • 18 pint milk
  • 1/4 pint alcohol (rum, brandy, sherry or Madeira)

Directions

  1. 1
    Sieve into a large bowl the flour, salt and spice mixture.
  2. 2
    Add bread crumbs, suet, sugar, fruit and peel.
  3. 3
    Mix thoroughly.
  4. 4
    Add grated apple, lemon and orange juice, eggs and remainder of ingredients.
  5. 5
    Stir thoroughly and allow to rest for three days.
  6. 6
    Stir again, then place mixture into greased bowls.
  7. 7
    Place bowls into one inch of boiling water in a saucepan.
  8. 8
    Cover with lid.
  9. 9
    Steam for six hours.
  10. 10
    Mixture should yield six small puddings.
  11. 11
    Store at room temperature for two months or a minimum of several weeks.

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