Light Christmas Pudding

Name: Light Christmas Pudding
Ingredients: 110 g butter, softened; 110 g light brown sugar; 2 large eggs; 175 g self raising flour; 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg or 1/2 teaspoon mixed spice; 1 pinch salt; 1 teaspoon lemon juice; 1 lemon, zest of; 1 orange, zest of; 1 medium cooking apple, peeled, cored and chopped small; 3 tablespoons fruit mincemeat; 10 red glace cherries

12 ingredients

13 steps

Ingredients

110 g butter, softened
110 g light brown sugar
2 large eggs
175 g self raising flour
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg or 1/2 teaspoon mixed spice
1 pinch salt
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 lemon, zest of
1 orange, zest of
1 medium cooking apple, peeled, cored and chopped small
3 tablespoons fruit mincemeat
10 red glace cherries

Directions

1

Grease a 1.2litre pudding basin with butter.
2

Place the cherries in the bottom.
3

Beat the sugar and butter with a hand held beater until pale and creamy.
4

Beat in the eggs seperately, whisking well in between.
5

Fold in the sifted flour, spice and salt carefully.
6

Then add the lemon juice, lemon and orange zest, apple and fruit mince.
7

Spoon into the basin.
8

Tie a double piece of pleated baking paper on to the basin.
9

Place in boiling water and cook for 2 1/2 hours.
10

When the pudding is completely cold, turn it out, wrap it well and freeze until needed.
11

Take out of freezer Christmas Eve.
12

Can either re-steam it for an hour or just slice it and heat in the microwave.
13

I used mixed red, green and yellow cherries.