Best 2 Nanas Traditional Christmas Steamed Plum Pudding With Hard Sauce Recipes

NANA'S TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS STEAMED PLUM PUDDING WITH HARD SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine the molasses, butter, milk, and eggs in a mixing bowl. Next, combine the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and cloves in a large mixing bowl. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in 3 additions. Toss candied fruit and raisins lightly with flour to prevent sinking and add to batter. Stir in brandy.
• Pour into a greased and sugared steam pudding mold and place on a rack in a large covered pot with water that comes halfway up the sides of the mold. Cover and steam for 2 hours, checking occasionally to make sure water hasn't boiled out. Let cool for 5 minutes on a rack before turning out. Dust with powdered sugar and serve with a sprig of holly and Hard Sauce.
• Beat all ingredients together until very well combined. Serve with pudding.

PLUM PUDDING (STEAMED)

Steps:

• Sift soda, salt and spice into the flour, rub in the suet and add raisins.
• Mix the milk and molasses, stir into the dry mixture.
• Butter a pudding mold.
• Turn mixture into mold.
• Steam for 3 hours.
• Remove from mold to serving plate.
• Cover with a clean tea towel.
• Keep pudding in insect-free, cool place for 3 months. (I just kept it covered in the 'fridge.).
• Pour brandy over pudding periodically, if desired.
• Hard Sauce.
• Rub the butter to a cream in a warm bowl, add sugar gradually then the flavoring.
• Pack smoothly in a small dish.
• Keep on ice until very hard.