It’s a game changer – steaming bread pudding. You can create the same effect if baked in a bain-marie (heated water bath in the oven) but steaming it on the stovetop I find to be easier and more ...

In skittish mood during his tour of the Hebrides, Samuel Johnson devised a satirical meditation on a pudding in the style of a popular volume of religious homilies: “Let us seriously reflect what a ...

Steaming a Christmas pudding can seem like a daunting task at first, for fear of under cooking or boiling your pan dry. However, it's actually very easy to steam a Christmas pudding and it should ...

Combine the flour, baking soda and spices. Combine hot water, molasses and brown sugar; stir into flour mixture. Fold in cranberries, then pour into a greased one-quart mold. If the mold doesn’t have ...

For pudding, heavily butter 1-quart pudding mould or heatproof bowl. Insert rack in steamer. Add water to just below rack. Set on stove to bring to boil. Meanwhile, sift flour, cocoa and baking powder ...

Preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease a pudding basin. Make the topping by creaming the butter and muscovado sugar together in the basin. Spread the creamed mixture evenly around the bottom and a third of ...

The important thing when reheating Christmas pudding is to steam it evenly. This keeps the crumb moist and tender, and is why ...

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This is not your usual chocolate dessert. This delicious confection is deep, decadent and incredibly moist. The warm ganache really puts it over the top. Technique tip: The pudding can be made up to ...