This has less fat but is otherwise identical to regular Christmas pudding. The house has a wonderful scent all day. It tastes great when paired with rum or cranberry sauce. Try chocolate or lemon sauce for variations. Before filling, you can line the mold with pecan or cranberry halves. Before serving, get creative and adorn the platter with Christmas decorations. Nothing is off limits.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 2 hrs 50 mins |
| Total Time: | 3 hrs 20 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 12 servings |
Ingredients
- 4 carrots, peeled and grated
- 2 apples – peeled, cored, and grated
- 1 cup raisins (Optional)
- 1 cup fine bread crumbs
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon ground allspice
- ⅔ cup butter
- ½ cup white sugar
- 4 eggs
Instructions
- Combine the carrots, apples, raisins, and bread crumbs in a bowl. Sift together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, and allspice in a separate small bowl. Cream together the butter, sugar, and eggs in a separate large bowl; stir in the flour mixture. Add the carrot mixture and mix well. Transfer mixture to a lightly-greased, 2-quart mold.
- Place a steamer rack in the bottom of a large, deep pot. Set the filled mold on top of the steamer rack. Pour enough water into the bottom of the pot to cover the bottom 2/3 of the mold. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat to low; cover. Simmer for 2 hours 45 minutes, adding water occasionally to maintain the water level. Remove from water and allow to cool 10 minutes before turning out of mold onto a plate.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 303 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 44 g |
| Cholesterol | 89 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Protein | 6 g |
| Saturated Fat | 7 g |
| Sodium | 558 mg |
| Sugars | 21 g |
| Fat | 13 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
This was my first time making a steamed pudding and personally I thought it was very good. I made two sauces to go with it, one was a vanilla/butter sauce from another pudding recipe, which I thought complimented it well, and the other was chocolate, which I didn’t think went so well with it. My family was not as impressed as I was, but I would make it again.
Lovely and worth the effort! Very much like my grandmother used to make.
I followed this recipe to the T except for the raisins which I omitted. However, I did make a couple of substitutions. I do not have a steamer rack, so my grandmother made a ring of aluminum foil to hold it up, which is a trick she had seen on TV. Also, we used a Bundt pan instead of a mold. When I dumped it onto a plate, it flattened a little bit and it was really dense and moist. Is the pudding supposed to be like this?
Used brown sugar, a tablespoon of ground flax for the nutty part and a tablespoon each of brandy and lemon juice. Smells amazing as it steams. I covered the top with a butter wrapper and parchment paper topped by a small plate. The way my Gran always steamed her puddings.
very good
Just like my Mom used to make at Christmas. This was a huge hit with everyone. Especially served with Rum sauce! This recipe is now going to be a tradition in our family too!
I followed the recipe. Steaming was new & fun. The texture was lumpy, soggy & dense. Only the cat liked it.
I love Christmas pudding, and this is a good one!
Followed recipe as shown for the exception of adding Walnuts, I used 1/2 cup of Walnuts and 1/2 cup of raisins. The 2 quart pudding was over 1/2 gone before the party let up 🙂 Thanks Added 12/27/2011 used 1/2 cup of honey instead of sugar, added 1/2 hour cooking time. Once again it was great
I plan to try this recipe a little closer to christmas, I am just adding this now for those who might want to try a steamed pudding but find the idea of steaming to be to much. I always “steam” my puddings in 1 pint jars in the canner, they are steamed and sealed in one step. Also, I plan to try this with hemp oil, for the nutty flavor, omega 3 and 6 with no cholesterol. Will post how it turns out