Iggy pudding, Reacle toffee, Hocolate fudge – Sharp R82STMA User Manual

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Microwave Tip: Reheating Christmas pudding
Place a 500g (1lb 2oz) pudding in a shallow flan
dish. Cover and heat on MEDIUM HIGH for 3-4
minutes.

125g (5oz) dried figs, roughly chopped
125g (5oz) dried apricots, roughly chopped
100g (4oz) raisins
100g (4oz) currants
60ml (4tbsp) brandy
75g (3oz) plain flour
2.5ml (

1

/

2

tsp) allspice

2.5ml (

1

/

2

tsp) grated nutmeg

2.5ml (

1

/

2

tsp) ground cinnamon

50g (2oz) fresh breadcrumbs
75g (3oz) shredded suet
100g (4oz) soft brown sugar
50g (2oz) blanched almonds, roughly chopped
grated rind of 1 medium orange
grated rind of 1 medium lemon
1 eating apple, grated
15ml (1tbsp) black treacle
1 egg (size 3), beaten

1 Place figs, apricots, raisins, currants, and brandy

in a large bowl, mix well. Leave for 2 hours.

2 Place the flour, spices, breadcrumbs, suet, sugar,

almonds, orange and lemon rind and apple in a
bowl, mix well. Stir into the dried fruit mixture
along with the treacle and beaten egg.

3 Grease 1.2 litre (2 pint) pudding basin and line the

base with a circle of kitchen paper. Spoon in the
pudding mixture, smooth the surface and cover
with cling film.

4 Cook on MEDIUM for 16-17 minutes until firm to

the touch.

Serve with brandy sauce, see page 56.

F

IGGY PUDDING

S

ERVES

6

P

REPARATION

TIME

- 2

1

/

4

HOURS

D

ESSERTS/SWEETS

225g (8oz) soft dark brown sugar
75ml (5tbsp) water
5ml (1tsp) treacle
25g (1oz) butter
30ml (2tbsp) malt vinegar

T

REACLE TOFFEE

M

AKES

300g (10

OZ

)

P

REPARATION

TIME

- 4

MINUTES

1 Place the chocolate in a bowl and heat on HIGH

for 2 minutes, stir every 30 seconds until melted.

2 Stir in butter, icing sugar and milk. Heat on HIGH

for 3 minutes, stir vigorously every minute until
the mixture is thick and glossy.

3 Pour into a greased, rectangular 20.4 x 15.3cm

(8 x 6") dish, chill to set before cutting.

100g (4oz) milk chocolate, broken into pieces
100g (4oz) butter, melted
450g (1lb) icing sugar
45ml (3tbsp) milk

HOCOLATE FUDGE

M

AKES

675g (1

1

/

2

LB

)

P

REPARATION

TIME

- 6

MINUTES

C

*Hard crack:

To determine drop a teaspoon of

mixture into a glass of cold water and the toffee
should be hard to the touch.

1 Place all ingredients in a bowl, mix well.

Heat on MEDIUM HIGH for 14 minutes, stir
every 2-3 minutes until toffee reaches hard
crack* stage. (See tip below).

2 Pour into a greased, square 15.3cm (6")

dish. Chill to set before breaking.

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