I hope your festive preparations are going well, excited yet? I am!
So far on the food journey we have provided you with a variety of recipe options for the perfect Christmas day dinner. today i thought we would do a good traditional recipe that requires minimal effort because lets face it after the huge task of Christmas dinner you just want something delicious, easy to make and most of all quick as a flash.
So here is our recipe for Oxford Marmalade Pudding
What your going to need for a serving of 6-8:
225g Self Raising Flour
225g Oxford or thick cut marmalade
110g butter, cubed (and some extra for greasing)
2 eggs beaten (with a fork or whisk not your fists its to messy)
1 pinch of salt
Process:
- Grease a 1 litre pudding basin with butter.
- Sift the flour and salt into a mixing bowl.
- Rub the butter into the flour with your finger tips until it looks like breadcrumbs.
- Add the marmalade and the sugar, mix well.
- Add your beaten eggs to the mixture
- Transfer this mix to the greased pudding basin and cover with greaseproof paper and then a layer of aluminium foil.
- Secure it all with string and then pop in a steamer or on top of a saucer in a pan of boiling water for 90 minutes.
- Last but not least, let it cool before turning it out onto a plate, ideal served with custard on a cold winters night!
Told you it was quick and easy....
