Christmas Figgy Pudding
Christmas Figgy Pudding

Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, christmas figgy pudding. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

With respect to the different names, the short answer is that figgy pudding can be considered a much earlier precursor of plum pudding and they've both come to be referred to as Christmas pudding. Beyond Dickens's rapturous account of Mrs. Cratchit's confectionery success, the figgy (also known as the plum or Christmas) pudding has a long history. A product of culinary evolution, this special concoction was once composed of meat, root vegetable and dried fruit, stuffed into a sheep stomach and boiled for hours, if not days.

Christmas Figgy Pudding is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Christmas Figgy Pudding is something which I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have christmas figgy pudding using 10 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Christmas Figgy Pudding:
  1. Get 285 g dried mixed fruit and citrus
  2. Get 165 g dried figs, destalked and diced
  3. Prepare 250 g butter
  4. Get 175 mls date syrup
  5. Make ready 3 eggs
  6. Take 1 tsp cinnamon
  7. Prepare 1 tsp nutmeg
  8. Get 130 g almond meal
  9. Get 210 g wholemeal spelt flour
  10. Make ready 4 large clementines juiced and zested

There are many varieties and methods of traditional fig pudding which are complex and difficult to follow. Figgy pudding is also referred to as Christmas pudding. This is a traditional Irish recipe, and they also share how to make a brandy custard to accompany the pudding. Figgy Pudding brings visions of Christmas and sugarplums and family… and tradition.

Steps to make Christmas Figgy Pudding:
  1. The night before, put your clementine juice and zest in a mixing bowl. Add the dried mixed fruit and citrus, and the diced figs. Stir well to ensure the fruit is well covered with the clementine juice. Stir the mixture several times until you come to make the pudding.
  2. Pre-heat oven to 160°C
  3. In a food processor/blender, blend the dried fruit mixture until it is pureed.
  4. Melt the butter and pour into a large food processor mixing bowl, pour in the date syrup and mix. Using the beater on your food processor (or using a wooden spoon if mixing by hand), slowly incorporate the blended dried fruit mixture into the butter.
  5. Break your eggs into a jug or bowl, add the cinnamon and nutmeg, and beat until fluffy. Slowly pour the eggs into the fruit and butter mixture. Beat well as you pour the eggs in to ensure it is well incorporated.
  6. Sift the flour into the mixture, discard the larger bran flakes left in the sieve. Pour the almond mixture onto the flour and then using a large spoon, fold the flour into the dried fruit until no dry flour is left visible.
  7. Lightly grease your pudding basin with olive oil. Spoon the mixture into the dish, pushing the mixture right to the base and making sure that there are no air pockets at the bottom of the basin. Smooth the mixture flat on the surface of the pudding.
  8. Cover the top of the pudding basin with parchment paper and tie securely with string under the rim of the basin. Cover the paper with foil and ensure that no steam can get inside the lining. Fill a deep baking tray half-full with boiling water. Place the sealed pudding basin in the baking tray and put the baking tray in the middle of the oven.
  9. Bake for 1 ½ - 2 hours. Oven times may vary, after 1 ½ hours, insert a skewer into the middle of the pudding. If it comes out clean then the pudding is cooked. If not, put the pudding back in the oven until it is cooked through.

This is a traditional Irish recipe, and they also share how to make a brandy custard to accompany the pudding. Figgy Pudding brings visions of Christmas and sugarplums and family… and tradition. A moist and tender Christmas pudding, redolent with holiday spices, figs, and oranges. In fact, the BBC says figgy pudding is "a classic that every Christmas table should have." his Cole's Figgy Christmas Pudding is made using traditional plum pudding with figs, currants, and dark rum. We recommend serving your Figgy Christmas pudding with clotted or devon cream, brandy sauce, or brandy butter.

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