Granny's Plum Pudding

Total Time: 4 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• 8 ounces currants
• 8 ounces golden raisins
• 8 ounces currants
• 3 ounces candied lemon peel
• 3 ounces candied orange peel
• 8 ounces peeled and chopped apples
• 1/2 cup dark rum
• 2/3 cup guinness stout
• 1 lb suet
• 1 lb fresh breadcrumb
• 1/2 lb all-purpose flour
• 2 ounces ground ginger
• 1/3 ounce ground apple pie spice
• 8 ounces slivered almonds
• 8 ounces brown sugar
• 1/2 orange, juice and rind of, grated
• 1/2 lemon, juice and rind of, grated
• 3 eggs, beaten

Recipe

• 1 soak the candied orange and lemon rinds, sultanas, raisins, currants and apples in the rum and the guiness overnight.do not drain.
• 2 in a large bowl, mix the breadcrumbs,suet,.
• 3 flour, ginger, apple pie spice,sugar, slivered almonds and the rinds of the lemon and orange.
• 4 add the orange and lemon juice, the beaten eggs and the soaked fruit with the soaking liquor. mix well with a wooden spoon.
• 5 pour into earthenware pudding basins and press down into the bowls.
• 6 cover with greaseproof paper and cover tightly with foil, wrapping cooking string tightly around the rim of the bowls.
• 7 to cook, immerse the bowl into a large saucepan of simmering water for 4 hours. make sure the water only comes 3/4 up the side of the bowl and cover the saucepan tightly.
• 8 important: do not let the saucepan boil dry; keep topping with water when needed. and keep the water at a low simmer, you dont want the water to cover the top of the pudding.
• 9 to serve remove bowls from the water, let cool slightly and remove foil and greaseproof paper . run a thin knife around the edge of the pudding and invert onto a serving platter.