Hi Food Tube. Kerry-Ann here its
Christmas. And what screams Christmas better than a
good ol fashioned Christmas pudding. I'm gonna show you how to make a gluten free
Christmas pudding, so
everyone can tuck in cause why should you miss out on this Christmas classic
just because you can't eat gluten. It's rich, sweet, beautiful dried fruits plumped
up with festive brandy.
You can't beat it. Christmas is all about family. Is all about everyone coming
together
and in our house a good Christmas pudding is essential.
This recipe will serve about 10 to 12 people. Let's get on with it.
This recipe actually started yesterday I mixed some current
sour cherries, raisins, dates, mixed peel in a bowl.
It doesn't matter which fruit you use, as long as there's four hundred and sixty grams
or 16 ounces in total. Zest and juice of 1 lime and half an orange
75mls of cold assam tea, and then add two and a half tablespoons of
brandy.
Half a teaspoon of mixed spice and a quarter teaspoon ground cinnamon
Mix it all together and put to one side. I left mine overnight to steap and soak
up
all those lovely flavours. And this is what I'm left with
today. see how the fruit's gone all plump and juicy looking.
So I'm going to get a nice big bowl.
And then I'm going to put all my fruit into that. I'm gonna add 170 grams
of soft dark brown sugar. 50 grams
of chopped almonds, lovely.
A nice tablespoon of golden syrup.
A cooking apple. We're going to grate it straight in,
skin and everything but I'm only going to use half.
Give this a nice quick mix, and then I need
110 grams of gluten free bread crumbs.
This is slightly stale gluten-free bread wizzed up in a food processor.
I need a 110 grams of gluten-free suet. It's readily available at most
health food shops.
Traditional suet often contains wheat flour which is no good for those with
gluten intolerance.
I'm adding 25 grams of rice flour which is a common substitute for wheat flour in
gluten-free recipes
and then 25 grams cornflower or corn starch.
a teaspoon of gluten-free baking powder
two medium to large
free-range eggs, and one extra yolk.
And we mix that in as well.
It smells amazing.
Right, so we got our mix all nice and ready. Here I have a 1.5 litre pudding basin.
which I have liberally greased with some butter. It is Christmas after all.
This should fill the basin
two-thirds of the way up, because it will grow
So we'll level it off. On top of this
I want to add a cartouche, which is basically a posh way
of saying a circle of grease proof paper.
Nice and snug. And then
I'm gonna cover this with two layers of foil.
And you can tie it up.
Nice little Christmas present.
This might be a little bit difficult to take out of
a hot pan like that. So,
what we gonna do is, we're gonna use another piece of string. I'm gonna make
a little safe handle. So there you have it my friend
Christmas pudding ready for steaming and if you
have a look in this pot, I have an upside down saucer. I'm going to place the
pudding on top. That's all we don't want to
put the bottom of the basin onto the bottom of the pan because it's going to
be cooking for at least
eight hours and over that period of time on the direct heat
it will burn your pudding, which will make it go bitter.
It won't take very nice, and all
that effort will be a complete waste. So don't forget the saucer
in the bottom of pan. Now to this pan
I'm gonna add some boiling water to half
way up the basin. We want to get the lid on
straight away, and we want to bring it to a boil.
Now, once it's boiling, turn it down,
and leave it to simmer for eight hours.
Now, don't think you're getting off lightly, cos you're not.
You can't just leave it, because the water will eventually boil dry.
That means no steam. That means no cooking. That means no pudding.
Everybody's Christmas is ruined and it's all your fault.
What you need to do is come back every hour and a half,
and just make sure that the water is always half way up
the basin, and your pudding will be perfect. It's been eight
hours. This is so exciting.
And be careful friends, because it is very hot.
Ready, steady, Christmas
Pudding. Look at that.
I really, really, really, really wish that you guys could smell this because it smells
so good. It's actually making my mouth water.
I've got a lovely platter on the go,
and quick and confident, over you go.
Look at that. It's ready.
Now for the fun part. The decoration. It's so worth the effort to make this
rich and totally delicious it wouldn't be Christmas without one of these on the
table.
I've decorate it with a little bit of cream it's a little bit naughty, but it
is Christmas after all. I'm sure that you're allowed a treat every now and
again.
There you have it my Food Tube friends. Gluten-free Christmas pudding.
And if you're looking for something to go with this amazing Christmas Pudding,
check out my homemade custard recipe here, give it a go.
Have fun.
Don't stress. It's Christmas. There's enough to worry about already.
Enjoy yourself and have a great time.
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