The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #28826   Message #360825
Posted By: Alice
20-Dec-00 - 11:22 PM
Thread Name: Does anyone know? What is Figgy Pudding?
Subject: RE: BS: Does anyone know?What is Figgy Pudding?
Figgy Pudding
225g dried figs
50g candied peel,chopped
125ml brandy
1 small cooking apple
1 medium ccoking apple
50g fresh wm.breadcrumbs
50g wm.flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 nutmeg, grated
grated rind and juice of 1 lemon
2 eggs , beaten
butter for greasing a 11/2 pint-850ml pudding basin

Chop the figs and place them in a bowl with the peel, pour the brandy over the fruit and leave to soak over night peel and grate the apple, also grate the carrot , mix both with the soaked figs , mix the breadcrumbs and flour in a mixing bowl , add the cinnamon, nutmeg and lemon rind. add the fig mix , lemon juice eggs and mix well . put the mix into the pudding basin and cover with grease proof paper and foil, tie a cotton string around the basin and make a handle for easy lifting. steam for 3 hours

(the recipe is on many websites on the internet)