Quick Mix Steamed Fruit Pudding for the Thermomix®

Sago Plum pudding was a pudding my mother often made during my childhood.  I have followed suit with my own children.  Although I have changed the recipe over the years. So much so, I doubt she would recognise it now.  There are days when you want that rich fruit pudding but you never had the fore thought yesterday to soak the sago.  So I came up with this Thermomix® alternative using natural healthier sweeteners. Enjoy this delicious recipe by Vanita.

Ingredients:

25g butter
1 tbspn cocoa powder
60g bread
60g dried pitted dates
100g self-raising flour
20g tapioca (arrowroot) flour
½ tspn bi-carbonate soda
90g dried mixed fruit
4 prunes, chopped
4 glazed cherried, chopped
4 dried apricots, chopped
1 tbspn dried cranberries
25g butter
100g full cream milk
60g honeyg
2 eggs
90g banana, peeled
5 drops Doterra lemon oil or 2 tspns grated lemon rind

Method:

• Grease the TM Esssentials Pudding Steamer with butter.  Place a baking paper round in base and apply more butter.  Use 1 tbspn cocoa powder to coat the surface of the basin.  This step is very important otherwise this recipe won’t release after being steamed.
• Add 60g bread, frozen or fresh, to TM bowl and crumb at Speed 9 for a 5 seconds. Set aside the breadcrumbs in a clean dry mixing bowl.
• Place 60g dried dates in the TM bowl.  Chop at Speed 10 for 5 seconds. Scrape the sides of the bowl with a spatula to release the crushed dates from the surface of the bowl.
• Add the breadcrumbs back into TM bowl.  Add 100g self-raising flour, 20g tapioca flour, and ½ tspn of bi-carbonate soda.  Mix at Speed 6 for 10 seconds. The mixture should now be well mixed and even in texture.   Set aside these dry ingredients in the mixing bowl.
• Weigh 90g dried fruit mix and 1 tbspn dried cranberries and set aside with other dry ingredients.
• Add 25g unsalted butter, 100g full cream milk and 60g honey to TM bowl.  Mix at 50°C, Speed 1 for 4 minutes.
• While the Thermomix is melting the butter and honey mix, chop by hand into small pieces 4 prunes, 4 glazed cherries and 4 dried apricots.  Add to dry ingredients.  Give it a stir by hand using a spatula to incorporate the fruit evenly.  Break up any clumps of fruit that may exist in the bowl.
• Add to TM bowl 2 small eggs, a small fresh banana (90g) and 5 drops of Doterra lemon oil or grated lemon rind. Combine at Speed 4 for 20 seconds. Add dry ingredients to TM bowl and mix at Reverse Speed 1 for 15-20 seconds until just combined.
• Pour batter into Pudding Steamer and smooth the surface.
• Secure Pudding Steamer Lid and place in a TM5 Thermomix® Varoma®. Place Varoma lid in position. Put 2 litres of warm tap water in TM bowl.  Steam for 60 mins, Varoma temp, Speed 3.  When cycle finishes replenish water and steam for a further 60 minutes.
• Carefully remove, discard baking paper and serve hot with ice-cream, custard, cream or syrup.

TM ESSENTIALS Pudding Steamer suitable for use with TM5 Varoma® Appliances $49.95

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