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Mandarin-in-the-middle Christmas pud

Impress your guests with this traditional, steamed pudding with a difference - cut to reveal a tender fruit centre and oozing citrus syrup. - by Amy Sinclair
  • 08 Feb 2016
Mandarin-in-the-middle Christmas pud
Cook: 1065 Minutes - medium - Serves 8 - Vegetarian
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Impress your guests with this traditional, steamed pudding with a difference - cut to reveal a tender fruit centre and oozing citrus syrup.

Ingredients

Cream or brandy butter, to serve

For the fruit

140 g raisins

140 g sultanas

140 g currants

140 g glacé cherries, halved

50 g blanched almonds, chopped

1 medium Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored and grated to give 175 g

50 ml orange liqueur

150 ml medium or sweet Sherry

zest and juice 1 orange

For the pudding

140 g cold butter, plus extra, softened, for greasing

175 g dark muscovado sugar, plus 2 tbsp for coating the bowl

175 g fresh white breadcrumbs

140 g self-raising flour

1 heaped tsp ground mixed spice

2 large eggs, beaten

For the mandarin middle

1 firm mandarin, weighing about 140 g

400 g white granulated sugar (it must be white for colour)

2 tbsp orange liqueur

Method

  1. First, prepare the fruit. In a large mixing bowl, combine the dried fruit, cherries, almonds and apple with the alcohol and the orange juice and zest. Cover with cling film and leave for at least a few hrs, or overnight if you can.
  2. Next, prepare the mandarin. Put it in a pan, cover with cold water, then cover the surface with a scrunched-up piece of baking parchment. Bring to the boil and cook for 30 mins or until completely tender when poked with a cocktail stick. Remove the mandarin from the water, keeping 300ml of the cooking liquid in the pan. Set aside the mandarin.
  3. Add the sugar to the cooking liquid in the pan and heat gently to dissolve. Poke several holes in the mandarin, then add to the syrup along with the liqueur. Cover with the parchment again and simmer for 45 mins, turning the mandarin halfway through. By the end of cooking it will be a little translucent and have a dark orange colour. Leave to cool in the syrup (overnight is fine).
  4. To make the pudding, grease a 1.5-litre pudding basin, then scatter over the 2 tbsp sugar. In a large bowl, combine the dry ingredients and a pinch of salt. Coarsely grate the butter, and fold into the fruit with the dry ingredients, followed by the eggs.
  5. Fill the basin one-third full with the fruit mix, then nestle the mandarin into it. Pack the rest of the mix around and on top of the mandarin and smooth over. You may have some mix left over, depending on the size of the basin. (If you’re not using the mandarin, just press it all in as you’ll have more room).
  6. Tear off a sheet of foil and a sheet of baking parchment, both about 30cm long. Butter the baking parchment and use to cover the foil. Fold a 3cm pleat in the middle of the sheets, then put over the pudding, buttered baking parchment-side down. Tie with string under the lip of the basin, making a handle as you go. Trim the parchment and foil to about 5cm, then tuck the foil around the parchment to seal.
  7. To cook the pudding, sit it on a heatproof saucer in a very large saucepan, and pour in just-boiled water to come halfway up the side of the basin. Cover and steam for 6 hrs, topping up the water occasionally. Alternatively, place in a slow cooker, pour hot water halfway up the side of the basin and cook on High for 8½ hrs. Leave the pudding to cool, and leave in a cool, dark place to mature. To reheat, steam in a pan for 1 hr or remove the foil and parchment, cover with cling film and microwave on Medium for 10 mins. Cut the pudding with a sharp serrated knife, so that the mandarin stays in place and everyone gets a piece. Serve with cream or brandy butter.
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