Frozen Chocolate Fruit Cake Pudding

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 95 g dried figs, chopped
• 40 g raisins, chopped
• 50 g dried prunes, chopped
• 60 g glace cherries
• 100 g dates, seeded and chopped
• 2 teaspoons lemon zest
• 125 ml brandy
• 125 g butter
• 75 g plain flour
• 110 g brown sugar
• 250 ml milk
• 600 ml heavy cream
• 220 g nutella, chocolate hazlenut spread
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 4 egg yolks
• 50 g hazelnuts, chopped coarsely
• 200 g dark chocolate, finely chopped
• 200 g dark chocolate, melted, extra

Recipe

• 1 combine fruit, rind and brandy in a large bowl; mix well.
• 2 cover tightly with plastic wrap; store in a cool, dark place overnight or up to a week, stirring daily.
• 3 line a 17.5cm, 1.75 litre (7 cup) pudding basin with plastic wrap, extending plastic wrap 5cm over edges of basin.
• 4 melt butter in as medium saucepan, add flour, stir over heat until bubbling.
• 5 remove from heat; stir in sugar, then milk and half the cream.
• 6 stir over medium heat until mixture thickens.
• 7 transfer to a large bowl, stir in spread, spices and yolks.
• 8 cover the surface of mixture with plastic wrap.
• 9 refrigerate for for 1 hour.
• 10 stir in fruit mixture, nuts and chopped chocolate.
• 11 beat remaining cream in a small bowl with an electric mixer until soft peaks form, fold into pudding mixture.
• 12 spoon mixture into prepared basin, tap basin lightly to remove bubbles.
• 13 cover with foil and freeze for 3 hurs, or overnight.
• 14 turn pudding onto a tray;remove plastic wrap, return pudding to freezer.
• 15 cut a 35cm circle from a piece of paper to use as a guide; cover paper with plastic wrap.
• 16 spread melted chocolate over plastic wrap then quickly drape plastic, chocolate side down, over pudding.
• 17 quickly smooth with hands, avoiding deep pleats in the plastic.
• 18 freeze till firm.
• 19 peel asway plastic wrap; trim away excess chocolate.
• 20 serve with a selection of fresh or frozen seasonal fruit if desired.