Brian Turner Chef

Steamed Apple Pudding, Marmelade Sauce

ingredients

Serves 4

2oz raisins
1tbsp rum
1 orange zested
Juice of ½ orange
2 bramley apples
4oz unrefined sugar

PASTRY
4oz self raising flour
Pinch salt
1oz cold butter
2oz suet
½ tsp cinnamon
2 ½ fl oz cold water approx

SAUCE
¼ pt double cream
4tbsp marmalade

METHOD

  1. Soak raisins in orange juice, rum and zest for 2 hours
  2. Sieve flour, cinnamon and salt into a bowl
  3. Rub butter and suet into flour until like breadcrumbs
  4. Add water and pull together to form dough
  5. Divide pastry in two
  6. Grease dariole moulds well with butter
  7. Divide half of pastry into three and make into balls
  8. Pin out and line three of the moulds
  9. Using a sharp knife, trim off excess pastry and add this to the remaining pastry
  10. Take half the remaining pastry and pin out, cut four circles to fit on top of the puddings
  11. Peel, core and dice apples and add to raisins with sugar
  12. Pin out remaining pastry and line 4th mould
  13. fill these with the apple mixture and evenly divide the juice
  14. Brush the tops of the pastry with water
  15. Lay lids on and seal by pinching together
  16. Put greased, pleated foil or greaseproof on puds and tie with string
  17. Steam for 50 minutes in steamer
  18. Boil double cream and add marmalade
  19. Bring to the boil again
  20. Turn out, pour sauce over and serve

 

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