Last-minute Christmas pudding

Quick Christmas recipe for 6 - 8 people, takes only 25 mins; recipe has mincemeat, orange, molasses, treacle, egg, whisky, butter and self-raising flour.

Last-minute Christmas pudding

Last-minute Christmas pudding

Recipe by Chef Soomro Course: Quick Christmas
Servings

6 - 8

servings
Prep time

10 mins

Ingredients

  • Egg: 3 eggs, beaten
  • Butter: 100g butter, frozen and coarsely grated
  • Orange: 140g fine shred orange marmalade
  • Self Raising Flour: 200g self-raising flour
  • Treacle: 4 tbsp treacle
  • Mincemeat: 300g good-quality mincemeat
  • Whisky: 4 tbsp whisky
  • Molasses: 200g molasses cane sugar

Directions

  1. Butter and line the base of a 1.5-litre pudding basin with greaseproof paper. In a large bowl, stir the ingredients together, adding them one at a time in the order they are listed, until everything is completely mixed.
  2. Tip the pudding mix into the basin and cover with a circle of greaseproof paper. Place the pudding on a plate and microwave on Medium for 20-25 mins until cooked and an inserted skewer comes out clean. Leave to stand for 5 mins, then turn out and serve with brandy butter and cream.