Merry Christmas!!!!!

Hello everyone,

And welcome back!

Coming up we have our Favourite Christmas Recipe! ( as promised)

Which is ..................................................

CHRISTMAS PUDDING!!!!!!

This is an alltime favourite of ours!

Now, you can find loads of recipes online or in cookbooks but we have our favourite recipe for you!
This is Mary Berrys Christmas Pudding. Enjoy!
SERVES 8-10
 PREP 1 HOUR
COOK 6 HOURS (plus 2-3 hours on Christmas Day)
Ingredients:
90g (3oz) self-raising flour
125g (4oz) shredded vegetable suet or grated chilled butter
30g (1oz) blanched almonds, shredded
125g (4oz) carrot, grated
250g (8 oz) raisins
125g (4oz) currants
125g (4oz) sultanas
125g (4oz) fresh breadcrumbs
¼ tsp grated nutmeg
60g (2oz) mixed candied peel, chopped
90g (3oz) light muscovado sugar
grated zest and juice of 1 lemon
2 eggs, beaten
butter for greasing
75ml (21/2 fl oz) dark rum or brandy
brandy butter, to serve
You will also need a 1.25litre (2 pint) pudding bowl

How 2 Make:
1 In a large bowl, combine the flour, suet or butter, almonds, carrot, raisins, currants, sultanas, breadcrumbs, nutmeg, candied peel, sugar and lemon zest. Add the lemon juice and eggs and stir until well combined.

2 Lightly butter the pudding bowl. Spoon in the pudding mixture and level the surface.

3 Cover with buttered greaseproof paper then foil, both pleated in the middle. Secure the paper and foil in place by tying string under the rim of the bowl.

4 Put the bowl into a steamer or saucepan of simmering water, making sure the water comes halfway up the side of the bowl. Cover and steam, topping up with boiling water as needed, for about 6 hours.

5 Remove the bowl from the steamer or pan and leave to cool. Remove the paper and foil covering. Make a few holes in the pudding with a fine skewer and pour in the rum or brandy.

6 Cover the pudding with fresh greaseproof paper and foil. Store in a cool place for up to 3 months.

7 To reheat for serving, steam the pudding for 2-3 hours. 

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

And until next time,

Luna and Faye
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Welcome!

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To Luna Scotch and Faye Cinders brand new blog:

Love 2 C00k 

We hope you really enjoy it and maybe even try some of our favourite recipes!!!!
Anyway, we love 2 c00k as you can probably guess and have decided to share with you our favourite recipes! Our Meals of the Month! Also we will have special recipes for Christmas, Easter and Valentines Day!

We would also love to hear your favourite meals/desserts or even some naughty little treats!

Until next time,

Lots of Love,

Luna and Faye
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