Mix together in a large bowl:
8 oz flour
6 oz fresh breadcrumbs
8 oz suet
2 lb. chopped dried fruit, sultanas, raisins, dates, apricots,
figs, cherries, candied peel, crystallised ginger, etc
3 teaspoons mixed spice
1 grated dessert apple
1 grated cooking apple
1 grated carrot
1 orange, grated rind
1 lemon, grated rind
1 lb. sugar [or 12 oz sugar with the dry ingredients
and 2 tablespoons treacle with the liquids]
Beat together in a basin:
juice of the orange and the lemon
1/4 pint milk stout
2 tablespoons milk
4 eggs
Mix the liquids thoroughly into the dry ingredients
Divide the mixture between 3 x 1 pint basins and 2 x 3/4 pint basins, making 5 puddings in all.
Cover each basin with cling film and pierce it once.
Microwave individually on high [based on a 600 watt oven]
5 mins for the 1 pint size
3 1/2 mins for the 3/4 pint size
Stand for 10 mins before turning out
Serve hot with custard or cream
Reheat an individual pudding for 2 mins or 1 min per portion.
Barbara Bull
Nov 1999
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