Marillas Plum Pudding Anne Of Green Gables Food

MARILLA'S PLUM PUDDING - ANNE OF GREEN GABLES

Steps:

• Equipment You Will Need:.
• 1 quart bowl or pudding mould.
• extra sugar for sprinkling.
• knife for chopping.
• cutting board.
• extra flour for sprinkling.
• large mixing bowl.
• measuring cups.
• measuring spoons.
• pastry blender.
• wooden spoon.
• small saucepan.
• small bowl.
• large pot with lid.
• aluminum foil.
• string.
• *canning rack.
• toothpicks.
• oven mitts.
• * You can use a mason-jar ring or a hollowed out tuna fish can.
• Directions:.
• Grease the inside of the pudding mould or bowl, then sprinkle it with a bit of extra sugar. Shake the mould until the inside surface is covered with sugar.
• Chop the raisins and currants with the knife. Sprinkle them with a little of the extra flour and set them aside.
• Measure out the flour, sugar, bread crumbs, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg into the large bowl. Mix with the wooden spoon.
• With the pastry blender, cut in the butter until the mixture looks like course bread crumbs.
• Add the chopped raisins, currants, and walnuts to the flour mixture. Mix with the wooden spoon.
• Pour 1/2 cup milk into the small saucepan and place it over low heat. When tiny bubbles form around the edge of the pot, the milk is ready.
• Break the egg into the small bowl. Then add it to the fruit and flour mixture. Add the hot milk and molasses. With the wooden spoon mix everything well.
• Spoon the mixture into the pudding mould or bowl. Make a cover for the mould with 2 layers of aluminum foil and butter the side of the foil next to the pudding. Tie string around the foil cover to keep it tight.
• Set the canning rack in the large pot. Set the covered pudding on top. Carefully pour some boiling water down the side of the large pot until it comes half way up the pudding mould.
• Set the large pot over high heat until the water boils. Turn the heat down to medium low and put the lid on. (If needed, add more water during the cooking.).
• Steam the pudding for 3 hours. Insert a clean toothpick into the centre of the pudding (right through the foil). If it comes out clean, the pudding is done. If pudding clings to the toothpick, check again in 15 minutes.
• When the pudding is done, use oven mitts to remove it from the large pot. Remove the foil and let the pudding stand for 10 minutes.
• Turn the pudding upside-down onto a warm platter. Serve it with Caramel Pudding Sauce.

CARAMEL PUDDING SAUCE (WITHOUT THE MOUSE) - ANNE OF GREEN GABLES

Steps:

• Equipment You Will Need:.
• measuring cups.
• measuring spoons.
• small saucepan.
• wooden spoon.
• Directions:.
• Combine the brown sugar, flour, and salt in the small saucepan.
• Very gradually add the boiling water and stir with the wooden spoon.
• Over low heat stir the mixture until it is thick and creamy - about 5 minutes.
• When the sauce is thick, remove the saucepan from the heat. Stir in the butter and vanilla. Let the butter melt completely.
• Serve warm over Marilla's Plum Pudding.

PLUM PUFFS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F Grease a 12-cup muffin pan.
• Mix together flour, baking powder, salt, 1/2 cup sugar, and 1/2 tsp cinnamon. Add 1 cup plum pulp (see instructions at end of recipe), cream, egg, and 1/4 cup melted butter and stir until combined (should still be lumpy, not smooth).
• Spoon batter into muffin cups to about 2/3 full. Bake about 20 minutes or until centers are set. Remove puffs from pan immediately.
• While puffs are baking, combine cinnamon and sugar. As soon as the puffs are removed from the pan, dip tops into melted butter, then into cinnamon-sugar mixture.
• To make plum pulp: Wash plums and place in a large pot. Add a little water (about 1/4 to 1/2 cup) to pot--just enough to make some steam. Cover and heat over very low heat until the fruit is soft. Pour the juice and some fruit into a colander set over a large bowl (to catch juices and pulp). Mash the fruit around with a potato masher (not too hard--you don't want to break the pits!) until most of the pulp and skins have been pressed through the colander. Discard the pits, add some more fruit to the colander, and repeat until all the fruit has been pressed through. 2 lbs of plums should yield about 3 cups pulp, which may be used for this recipe, frozen in containers or freezer bags, or made into jam. Look for European plums, not Asian plums as they are not as good for cooking.

AUNT ANNE'S COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan. Make the streusel topping: In a medium bowl, combine 1/4 cup flour, 2/3 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Cut in 1/4 cup butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine 2 cups flour, 3/4 cup sugar, baking powder and salt. Cut in 1/2 cup butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Crack an egg into a measuring cup and then fill add milk to make 1 cup. Stir in vanilla. Pour into crumb mixture and mix just until moistened. Spread into prepared pan. Sprinkle top with streusel.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.