Christmas chocolate puddings

Christmas chocolate pudding
Average rating: 4 out of 5 star rating

A great alternative to traditional Christmas pudding, cocoa and prunes also make this an iron-boosting dessert.

  • Cooking time: 45 mins

    (plus overnight soaking of prunes)

  • Serves: 4

  • Skill level: Easy peasy

Ingredients

If you're making these puddings for the family, substitute orange juice to soak the prunes.

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  • 125g pitted ready-to-eat prunes
  • 3tbsp Armagnac or brandy
  • 115g self-raising flour
  • 25g cocoa
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • 75g light muscavado sugar
  • 2 medium eggs
  • 100ml sunflower oil
  • 4tbsp milk

Method

  1. Roughly chop the prunes, put into a bowl then pour over the brandy. Cover and leave overnight.
  2. Grease 4 pudding basins and prepare a large steamer.
  3. Sift the flour, cocoa and baking powder into a bowl, stir in the sugar.
  4. Beat the eggs, oil and milk together then beat into the dry ingredients. When smooth, fold in the prune and brandy
  5. Spoon the mixture into the four pudding basins. Cover with greased foil and tuck the edges of foil tightly around the basins. Place in the steamer and steam for 30 mins.
  6. To turn out, run a small palette knife round the edge of the puddings, invert onto plates and serve with vanilla custard.

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Nutritional information

Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.

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