Pudding with apples, raisins and candied fruits
6 servings
120 minutes
Apple pudding with raisins and candied fruits is a traditional British dish that combines rich texture and deep flavor. Its history traces back to old recipes where housewives used available ingredients to create hearty and aromatic desserts. Apples add a slight tartness, raisins provide natural sweetness, and candied fruits add fresh citrus notes. An important element is rum, which deepens the aroma. The pudding is slowly cooked submerged in boiling water, making it incredibly tender. The finishing touch is flambéing it before serving, making the dish not only delicious but also impressive. This dessert is perfect for winter evenings or festive tables, offering warmth and comfort with every bite.
1
Chop the beef fat separated from the film on a board with a knife, sprinkling it with flour to turn the fat into granules. Then, put everything in a bowl, add raisins, diced Antonovka apples, and candied (sugared and dried orange and lemon peels), vanilla sugar.
- Beef fat: 100 g
- Raisin: 300 g
- Apple: 200 g
- Candied fruit: 100 g
- Vanilla sugar: 10 g
- Wheat flour: 100 g
2
Place the stale bread with trimmed crusts on a sieve and crumble it, mixing with fat. Add black currant jam and sugar, pour in 100 g of rum, and eggs. Mix everything well.
- White bread: 200 g
- Beef fat: 100 g
- Jam: 100 g
- Sugar: 200 g
- Rum: 150 ml
- Chicken egg: 4 pieces
3
Grease a large napkin with oil, place it in a colander, fill it with pudding mixture, tie the ends in a knot, thread a stick through the knot, and lower the pudding into a pot of boiling water, resting the stick on the pot's edges.
- Rum: 150 ml
- Beef fat: 100 g
4
As the water evaporates, add boiling water and ensure the pudding is always covered with boiling water and does not touch the bottom of the pot. It needs to be cooked for a long time (1 kg of pudding cooks for at least 1.5 hours).
- Rum: 150 ml
5
Place the ready pudding on a plate, pour the remaining rum over it, ignite the rum, and serve the flaming pudding at the table.
- Rum: 150 ml