Ribena Christmas Pudding
The Ribena Christmas Pudding is a great twist on the traditional Christmas pudding, with all the fruity flavours and fragrant smells.
Grab your little helpers and get your baking hats on! Here’s what you’ll need and how to do it, enjoy!
You will need:
185ml Raspberry and Apple Ribena Plus concentrate
450g dried mixed fruit
110g plain flour
110g shredded suet
110g white bread crumbs
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
2 tbsp orange juice
1 tsp ground mixed spice
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
180g caster sugar
1 lemon zest and juice
1 tsp baking powder
1 peeled, grated green apple
3 eggs
Pouring cream, ice cream or custard – for serving
3 x 1-pint Christmas Pudding basins with lids
Cling film
3 x mixing bowls
Wooden spoon for mixing
Lidded pan or slow cooker
Instructions
In a large bowl, mix the Ribena Plus concentrate with the mixed dried fruit.
Stir together, then cover with cling film and put somewhere dark to soak overnight.
Mix together all the dry ingredients in another bowl and all the wet ingredients, including the fruit, in another. Then bring them together once this is complete in one big bowl.
You should get a wet, loose batter at this stage. Cover the mix with clingfilm and leave for at least one hour - or overnight if you have time.
Then divide the mixture between three greased 1-pint pudding basins.
Press the mix down as evenly as you can in each bowl and put the lids on each.
Steam in a lidded pan or slow cooker for 3 hours with boiling water a third of the way up the pudding basin – keep an eye on it throughout the process as you may need to top the water up occasionally, and be careful when using boiling water!
Once done, leave to cool with the lids off. When completely cold, place the lids back on the basins and store somewhere cool and dark until Christmas Day.
On Christmas Day, steam the puddings the same way for an hour, or longer if you prefer a really dark pudding.
Serve with pouring cream, ice cream or custard and enjoy!
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Cara Mason @cara_mason
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