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B
READ AND
B
UTTER
P
UDDING
Ingredients:
Serves 4
6 slices bread, buttered and cut in half
diagonally
75 g mixed dried fruit
450 ml milk
3 eggs
25 g caster sugar
3 ml nutmeg
Dish: 1 x Pyrex
®
dish 20 x 25 cm greased, 1 x large
Pyrex
®
bowl, 1 x mixing bowl
Accessory: Enamel tray
Method:
1. Arrange the bread and fruit in the prepared dish.
2. Warm the milk for 3 minutes on 600 W but do
not allow to boil.
3. Beat together the eggs and sugar, add the milk,
stirring well.
4. Pour the mixture over the bread, sprinkle with
nutmeg and leave to stand for 15 minutes. Cook
on enamel tray on Combination: Convection
190 °C + 300 W for 20-25 minutes or until set
and browned.
C
HRISTMAS
P
UDDING
Ingredients:
Serves 6-8
1 cooking apple, peeled and grated
1 carrot, peeled and grated
1 orange, juice and grated rind
400 g mixed dried fruit
45 ml brandy
15 ml black treacle
50 g self-raising flour
pinch salt
15 ml cocoa
5 ml mixed spice
3 ml nutmeg
100 g shredded suet
150 g fresh breadcrumbs
50 g mixed peel
50 g flaked almonds
2 eggs, beaten
Dish: 1 x large Pyrex
®
bowl, 1 x 1.3 litre Pyrex
®
pudding basin lightly greased
Accessory: none
Method:
1. Place apple and carrot in a large bowl. Cover
and cook on 1000 W for 5 minutes. Beat well
to make a thick purée.
2. Stir in juice, rind and mixed fruit. Cook on
1000 W for 2 minutes. Stir in brandy and
treacle. Stand for 5 minutes. Beat in rest of
ingredients.
3. Press into a lightly greased pudding basin.
Cover with greaseproof paper and cook on
1000 W for 4 minutes. Stand for 5 minutes.
Cook on 1000 W for another 2 minutes or until
just firm.
N.B. One of the advantages of using your
microwave to make this traditional pudding is
that it can be made the week before Christmas
and stored in a cool dry place. Do not attempt
to make the pudding earlier than this, since the
flavour will not improve with keeping, unlike a
traditionally steamed pudding.
B
AKED
A
PPLES
Ingredients:
Serves 4
4 medium sized apples
30 ml caster sugar
25-50 g mixed dried fruit
25 g butter
Dish: 1 x Pyrex
®
mixing bowl, 1 x 20 cm Pyrex
®
shallow dish
Accessory: none
Method:
1. Core the apples and score the skin around the
middle.
2. Mix together the sugar and fruit and fill the
centres of the apples.
3. Dot the top with butter. Stand the apples in a
shallow dish and cook on 1000 W for
5 minutes 30 seconds - 7 minutes. Stand for
5 minutes before serving.
N.B. The apples will look quite green when
removed from the oven, but they should feel
slightly soft when tested with a sharp knife.
During the standing time, the colour will
become dull and the apples will be tender. The
apples will overcook very easily, so take care
to undercook slightly. For 1 baked apple cook
for 2-3 minutes. For 2 baked apples cook for
3-5 minutes.
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Desserts
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