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Sago plum pudding
This delicious sago plum pudding is great for sharing with friends at your Christmas lunch or dinner.
- 25 mins preparation
- 6 hrs cooking
- Serves 8
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Ingredients
Sago plum pudding
- 2 cup (500ml) milk
- 2/3 cup (130g) sago
- 2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 1 1/2 cup (330g) brown sugar
- 3 cup (210g) soft fresh breadcrumbs
- 3 cup (480g) mixed dried fruit
- 4 eggs, lightly beaten
- 120 gram butter, melted
Method
Sago plum pudding
- 1Bring milk to boil and pour over sago in a bowl. Cover and refrigerate overnight to soak.
- 2The next day, add bicarbonate of soda and a pinch of salt. Stir through remaining ingredients and mix well.
- 3Place a circle of buttered baking paper in base of an 8-cup pudding basin generously greased with butter. Spoon in pudding mixture, packing down firmly as you go. Cover with a circle of buttered baking paper and two sheets of aluminium foil. Tie foil with string to seal.
- 4Pour enough water into a large saucepan to come halfway up side of basin. Bring to boil and lower pudding into water. Cover and simmer for 4 hours, adding more water if necessary. Re-steam for another 2 hours before serving. Serve sliced with vanilla custard.
