Name: Christmas pudding
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 1 hour 15 minutes
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 25g sultanas; 25g currants; 25g raisins; 10g mixed peel; 1 tbsp mixed spice; 1 tbsp ground cinnamon; half tsp ground cloves; 1 tsp ground ginger; 1 spray of oil or half tsp oil; 20g glace cherries, chopped (+ 5 left whole to top)10g whole almonds; 1 small banana; 1 unpeeled apple, grated; 1 small carrot, grated; 50g fine oatmeal; 30g wholemeal flour; half tsp baking powder; grated zest 1 orange; grated zest 1 lemon; 10g sunflower seeds; 10g pumpkin seeds

Get set for Christmas with our healthier take on a classic. It keeps for up to a week if stored in the fridge.

Serves

Prep

15 minutes

Cook

1 hour 15 minutes

Each 82g serving contains (excludes serving suggestion)

KCal

159

Carbs

26.0g

Fibre

4.1g

Protein

3.6g

Fat

3.6g

Saturates

0.5g

Sugars

14.0g

Salt

0.17g

Fruit/Veg Portion

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Ingredients

25g sultanas

25g currants

25g raisins

10g mixed peel

1 tbsp mixed spice

1 tbsp ground cinnamon

half tsp ground cloves

1 tsp ground ginger

1 spray of oil or half tsp oil

20g glace cherries, chopped (+ 5 left whole to top)10g whole almonds

1 small banana

1 unpeeled apple, grated

1 small carrot, grated

50g fine oatmeal

30g wholemeal flour

half tsp baking powder

grated zest 1 orange

grated zest 1 lemon

10g sunflower seeds

10g pumpkin seeds

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Method

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 180°C/gas 4 and boil the kettle.

Step 2

Put all the dried fruits and spices into a bowl, mix thoroughly and add 50ml boiling water. Cover and leave for 15 minutes.

Step 3

Brush the oil around a 1 pint pudding basin. Arrange the whole cherries and whole almonds on the bottom.

Step 4

In a separate bowl, mash the banana and mix in the grated apple, carrot, oatmeal, flour, baking powder, zest and seeds.

Step 5

Add the fruits, spices and water they were soaking in, mixing everything together well. Spoon into the pudding basin.

Step 6

Cover with pleated greaseproof paper and foil, and wrap tightly over the basin.

Step 7

Stand the basin in a in a deep oven tray with 5cm of water in it (this is called a bain marie). Bake for 1 hour.

Step 8

Remove from the bain marie and cook for a further 10 minutes. Remove from the oven, but leave covered. Allow to cool a little before serving.

Recipe tips

You can also cook the pudding by tying some string around the rim to seal it. Then, make a string handle from one side of the basin to the other, so you can lift out the pudding. Place the bowl in a saucepan of water two thirds of the way up the bowl. Bring to the boil, add a lid and turn down the heat and simmer gently for 1.25 hours, making sure the water doesn't evaporate by adding more boiling water, if needed.
You could use mixed dried fruits rather than separate dried fruit. If you don't have all the spices, use double the amount of mixed spice.
Freezing instructions: Can be frozen either ready-to-cook or cooked. Defrost, then heat in the microwave or steam to serve.

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