Steamed ginger & treacle pudding

Recipes / Vegetarian

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Recipe «Steamed ginger & treacle pudding» presented in category Recipes / Vegetarian, to prepare this dish you will need no more 2:00 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: Melted butter, to grease, 160g butter, 140g caster sugar, 4 eggs, at room temperature, 300g self-raising flour , 70g finely diced glace ginger, 1 tbsp ground ginger, 1 tbsp treacle .

Ingredients:

  • Melted butter, to grease 
  • 160g butter 
  • 140g caster sugar 
  • 4 eggs, at room temperature 
  • 300g self-raising flour 
  • 70g finely diced glace ginger 
  • 1 tbsp ground ginger 
  • 1 tbsp treacle 

Instructions

  1. Place an upturned heatproof saucer on the base of a large saucepan. Fill one-third of the saucepan with boiling water and simmer over low heat. Brush a 2L (8 cup) capacity pudding basin with melted butter to lightly grease.
  2. Use an electric beater to beat together the butter and sugar in a medium bowl until pale and creamy. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, until combined. Stir in the flour, glace ginger, ground ginger and treacle until just combined. Spoon mixture into the prepared basin and smooth the surface.
  3. Cut a 40cm square piece of non-stick baking paper and foil. Place paper on top of foil and fold to make a wide pleat in the centre. Place pleated cover over basin, foil-side up. Tie a double piece of unwaxed white kitchen string under the rim of the basin to secure. To make a handle, tie a double piece of string loosely over the top of the basin. Scrunch the paper and foil around the rim so they don't get wet.
  4. Use the handle to lower basin into the saucepan until it's sitting on the saucer. Add enough boiling water to reach halfway up the side of the basin. Cover with a tight-fitting lid and increase heat to medium. Simmer, adding more boiling water when necessary, for 2 hours or until a skewer inserted into pudding comes out clean.
  5. Remove basin from the pan and set aside for 2 minutes. Turn pudding onto a serving plate and cut into wedges.
  6. Serve immediately with brandy custard.