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Slow cooker Christmas pudding on a plate.

Slow Cooker Christmas Pudding

Amanda
This slow cooker Christmas pudding is packed with fruit, nuts and rum, is easy to make,with no need to worry about the water level too.
5 from 18 votes
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 13 hours
Total Time 13 hours 15 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine British
Servings 7
Calories 524 kcal

Equipment

  • 2 pint pudding basin (approximately 1.2 litres)
  • large mixing bowl
  • Small saucepan
  • Wooden spoon
  • Whisk
  • baking parchment
  • kitchen string
  • large slow cooker approximately 3.5 litre / 5.3 pint capacity
  • Sharp knife
  • Chopping board

Ingredients
 
 

  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon mixed spice
  • 100 g vegetable suet
  • 50 g flour self rasing
  • 100 g breadcrumbs fresh white
  • 50 g soft brown sugar
  • 50 g almonds whole blanched
  • 100 g raisins
  • 100 g currants
  • 100 g sultanas
  • 50 g mixed peel
  • 50 g glace cherries
  • 1 tablespoon treacle
  • 3 tablespoon rum
  • 150 ml stout
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 apple
  • 1 orange juice and zest
  • 1 teaspoon butter for greasing

Instructions
 

  • Chop the almonds into pieces. Peel and cut the apple into 1 centimetre cubes.
  • Put the flour and spices into a large mixing bowl and combine. Add the breadcrumbs, suet, sugar, almonds, apple cubes and all the dried fruits. Stir the mixture together.
  • Place the treacle in a small saucepan over a low heat to loosen it then pour in the rum, stout and orange juice and zest. When the mixture has combined, turn off the heat. Beat the eggs together and whisk into the liquid.
  • Add the liquid to the dry ingredients and mix thoroughly.
  • Cover the bowl with cling film and leave overnight ideally for the flavours to develop.
  • Grease the base and sides of the pudding basin with butter and line the base with a circle of baking parchment.
  • Spoon the Christmas pudding mixture into the basin.
  • Cut a large circle of parchment paper about 30 centimetres diameter. Make a pleat in the middle then tie it around the rim of the basin.
  • Place the basin in the slow cooker and pour boiling water from a kettle to come two thirds up the sides.
  • Cook for 13 hours on high.
  • Remove the pudding and leave for a few minutes before turning out onto a plate to serve

Nutrition

Calories: 524kcalCarbohydrates: 78gProtein: 8gFat: 20gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 6gMonounsaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 2gCholesterol: 47mgSodium: 146mgPotassium: 563mgFiber: 5gSugar: 41gVitamin A: 139IUVitamin C: 13mgCalcium: 106mgIron: 3mg
Keyword plum pudding, slow cooker Christmas pudding
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