School Days Citrus Pudding Food

SCHOOL DAYS CITRUS PUDDING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Grease a medium-sized oval baking dish (we used 22 x 18cm) with butter. Combine the butter, caster sugar and zest in a food processor and whizz until the mixture is pale. Add the citrus juice, egg yolks, flour and milk, and whizz until well mixed - it may look a little curdled. Scrape into a bowl. Boil the kettle.
• In a large, clean bowl, whisk the egg whites until firm but not stiff, then gently fold into the zesty mixture. Scrape into the baking dish and put in a roasting tin half-filled with hot water from the kettle. Bake for 35-40 mins until the top is lightly browned and set, but the pudding is still soft-ish underneath. Serve dusted with icing sugar, if you like.

NO COOK CITRUS PUDDING

Steps:

• Beat cream cheese and milk on high speed until smooth.
• Add juices, rind, and vanilla and stir to blend.
• If mixture still has lumps, pour into blender and blend until smooth.
• Pour into a bowl and chill for at least an hour.

BURST OF CITRUS SPONGE PUDDING

Steps:

• Fill a large roasting pan 1/2-inch high with hot tap water and set into the center of your oven.
• Turn oven on to 350 F and let it preheat while the water bath is still in there.
• Carefully separate eggs into whites and yolks.
• In a large bowl, beat egg whites on high speed until foamy, then gradually beat in just 1/4 cup of the sugar until stiff peaks form.
• In another bowl, beat egg yolks, remaining sugar, butter, flour, lemon& orange zests and beat on high for 3 minutes (scraping down the bowl with a rubber spatula as needed to make sure all batter gets combined well).
• On low speed, slowly add juices and milk to the butter mixture,just until blended.
• Fold in egg whites by hand and mix very gently until no white streaks remain.
• Pour into a shallow oval pan (about 2-quart capacity) and set carefully into the baking pan with the hot water in the oven.
• Bake 55-60 minutes until top is puffed and lightly golden.
• Remove pan from water bath and let cool on rack.
• Dust with powdered sugar and serve warm or chilled.

SELF-SAUCING CITRUS PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180C and grease a 1.5 litre pudding bowl.
• Beat the butter, vanilla seeds, lemon zest and half the sugar together in an electric mixer until thick and pale and add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition, until combined.
• Fold in the plain flour, baking powder and salt and then fold in the milk until combined.
• Spread the batter into the pudding basin.
• Mix conrflour with remaining 1/2 cup sugar, then use a sieve to dust over the pudding.
• Combine lemon juice, orange zest and orange juice and boiling water in a jug and then gently pour over the batter by pouring over the back of a large spoon (DO NOT stir mixture).
• Bake the pudding for 50-60 minutes until golden and a skewer inserted into the sponge layer comes out clean.
• Allow to cool slightly, then scoop into bowls, dust with icing sugar and serve with vanilla icecream and or cream.
• NOTE - do not discard deseeded vanilla bean, insert into a jar of sugar and make your own vanilla sugar.