How to make…our Boozy Christmas Pudding

Ingredients:

60g light brown sugar

60g suet

60g sultanas

60g currants

40g cranberries

20g raisins

30g flour

30g breadcrumbs

1 lemon (zest and juice)

1 orange (zest and juice)

1 large egg

1/2 teaspoon mixed spice

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

40g candied peel

25ml brandy

25ml cider

25ml masala

25ml ale

Method

1. Lightly grease your pudding basins.

2. Mix together all the dry ingredients.

3. Stir in the egss and brandy and mix well.

4. Spoon the mix into your basins. Put a circle of baking parchment and foil over the top of each basin and tie securely with string. Make a string handle from one side of the basin to the other so it is easier to pick the basin out of the pan after cooking.

5. Put the basins in a large steamer of boiling water and cover with a lid. Boil for 5-6 hours, topping the boiling water up from time to time, if necessary. If you do not have a steamer, put the basins in a large pan on inverted saucers on the base. Pour in boiling water to come a third of the way up the sides of the pudding bowls. Cover and steam as before.

6. Cool. Change the baking parchment and foil covers for fresh ones and tie up as before. Store in a cool cupboard until Christmas Day!