Macallan Whiskey Chocolate Pudding

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/2 cup extra finely granulated sugar
• 4 ounces margarine
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder or 1/2 cup drinking chocolate
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 2 eggs
• 25 ml whiskey (macallan, 2 tbsp)
• 2 tablespoons skim milk
• 1/2 cup raspberries (or soft berries of choice, 2 oz.)
• 4 ounces dark chocolate (70% cocoa)
• 3/4 cup double cream
• 25 ml macallan whiskey (2 tbsp)
• 1 tablespoon golden syrup (light corn syrup is the closest in the us)

Recipe

• 1 blend sugar and margarine until light and fluffy.
• 2 sieve cocoa powder or chocolate into flour.
• 3 whisk eggs together, then add to sugar/margarine mix, adding a little flour mix to thicken. add whiskey and more flour mix until both flour and whiskey have been used. add skimmed milk, to soften. grease 4 individual pudding moulds with margarine and dust with caster sugar.
• 4 place a spoonful of the mix into each mould, cover with tin foil and secure tightly. place in a pot of warm water which reaches halfway up the moulds. bring to the boil then simmer for 40 minutes.
• 5 for the sauce : melt chocolate in a bowl over boiling water, add cream, whiskey and syrup.
• 6 remove puddings and place on plates. then pour over the chocolate sauce, adding a few soft berries before serving.