Recipe: Little Christmas Puddings

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Description/Notes:

These light and fruity puddings that can be cooked in small bowls or teacups are ideal for individual servings or as presents for elderly or single people

Ingredients:

8 oz. (225g) raisins

8 oz. (225g) fresh white breadcrumbs

8 oz. (225g) shredded suet

6 oz. (150g) currants

6 oz. (150g) sultanas

6 oz. (150g) mixed peel

6 oz. (150g) glace cherries, chopped

3 tablespoons of brandy

quarter pint (140ml) stout

6 eggs, beaten

quarter teaspoon of ground nutmeg

1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon

3 oz. (75g) flaked almonds

butter, for greasing

Cooking Instructions:

1. Put the sultanas, raisins, peel, breadcrumbs, cinnamon, cherries, almonds, nutmeg, currants and suet into a large bowl and mix well
2. Add the stout, brandy and eggs and mix again
3. Grease 8 small bowls or teacups and divide the mixture between them
4. Cover each individual bowl or teacup with foil
5. Put the bowls or cups in a roasting tin and add enough water to come half way up the cups
6. Cook for 2 hours at 325F, Gas Mark 3, 170C
7. To freeze, cool seal and label, then use within 6 months
8. To serve now cook for a further 1 hour