WHILST every newspaper and magazine seems to have a feature on diet food, I am happy to buck the trend. Here is a real comfort dish, ideal after a long walk on a crisp day – it is very simple to make and finishes off a good Sunday roast – forget the lettuce leaves and enjoy.
TREACLE PUDDING
Ingredients (makes 6 x 150ml pudding basins)
Butter for greasing
6 tbsps of golden syrup
110g plain flour
2 tsps baking soda
Pinch of salt
110g suet
1 egg
280ml whole milk
Juice of half a lemon
Cream to serve
Method
1. Grease the six pudding basins with softened butter, then spoon in the golden syrup into the base of each.
2. Mix all the dry sponge ingredients together with the suet in a bowl. Beat in the eggs and milk, add the lemon juice – the mixture will begin to fizz as the baking soda is activated. It should be the consistency of a thick batter.
3. Divide the mixture evenly between the pudding basins, leaving about 1cm at the top for the puddings to rise. Put a foil lid on each basin, secure and place in a large saucepan. Pour in enough water to reach two-thirds of the way up the sides of the basins, then bring to the boil and leave to simmer for an hour. Check the water level from time to time to ensure that the pan doesn’t dry out.
4. Once cooked, turn the puddings out onto individual plates and serve with cream.
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denise wrote...
can i put them in the oven instead of on the hob
Posted by: denise | March 21, 2008 5:22 PM