Main Ingredients

125g red raisins 90g green raisins

90g dried blackcurrants 12g sliced almonds

25g orange zest 75ml orange juice

1 egg 55g breadcrumbs

55g caster sugar

Supplement Factors

half teaspoon ground five spices half teaspoon cardamom

half teaspoon cinnamon

13g flour

12g unsalted butter 10g dark rum

Half teaspoon of ground cinnamon 13g of flour

12g of unsalted butter 10ml of dark rum

1 lemon

Steps for English Christmas pudding

1.? Pour the red raisins, green raisins, dried blackcurrants, sliced almonds and orange zest into a mixing bowl and mix well.

2.? Sift in the flour.

3.? Add five spice powder, cinnamon and cardamom powder.

4.? Add breadcrumbs and granulated sugar.

5.? Cut the butter into small pieces, squeeze out the lemon juice and grate the lemon zest into a mixing bowl.

6.? Mix the ingredients well.

7.? Beat the eggs, add the orange juice and mix well.

8.? Add the egg and orange juice mixture and rum to the mixing bowl and mix well. Cover with plastic wrap and marinate in the refrigerator overnight.

9.? Place the marinade ingredients into a mold or bowl and press down firmly, leaving some space for the cake to expand.

10.? Cover with a layer of baking paper.

11.? Wrap with tinfoil.

12.? Place in a steamer for 3 hours.

Tips

1 There are many kinds of Christmas pudding recipes, the ingredients can be adjusted according to your own taste, for example, the orange zest can be finished fresh instead of candied, lemon juice replaced with fresh orange juice, etc..

2 If dark rum is not easy to find, you can use ordinary rum, Guinness beer and other spirits, or do not use it is not a problem.

3 Christmas pudding is traditionally served with Clotted Cream (a thin cream) in the UK, or whipped cream instead if you don't have it.

4 Christmas pudding goes well with wine, spirits and strong beer.

5 Traditionally, in families, a coin is also added to the Christmas pudding when it is made, and whoever eats it will be handed good luck next.