Self Saucing Citrus Pudding Food

EASY LEMON SELF SAUCING PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180°C.
• Grease a 4 to 6 cup casserole dish (deep sides).
• Batter Base - sift flour and a pinch of salt together and then add sugar and grated lemon rind, mixing well together.
• Stir in melted butter , vanilla and milk mix and stir until all flour mix is incorporated.
• Pour into prepared casserole dish.
• Sauce - Sprinkle the mixture with the sugar and lemon rind.
• Combine the boiling water and lemon juice and carefully spoon some of over the batter and sugar topping, until fully covered and then pour the rest of the mix over the back of the spoon.
• Bake for 30 to 40 minutes and let stand for 5 to 10 minutes before serving (very important to allow the sauce to thicken or otherwise will have runny liquid).
• Serve with cream and or icecream.

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.

LEMON SELF-SAUCING PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to a moderate 180°C.
• Lightly grease a 6 cup shallow baking dish.
• Combine pudding ingredients and mix until smooth and pour into prepared dish.
• Combine sauce ingredients in a saucepan, stir over a low heat until dissolved and carefully pour over the pudding (I spoon the sauce over the pudding till it layers the pudding and then pour the remainder over the back of a spoon).
• Bake for 40 to 45 minutes.
• Garnish with icing sugar, lemon shred and strawberry leaves if desired and serve with cream.

PASSION FRUIT & LEMON SELF-SAUCING PUDDING

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and butter a deep baking dish (about 20 x 30cm and 5cm deep). Tip the flour, baking powder, sugar, lemon zest and a pinch of salt into a large bowl. Put the melted butter, milk, eggs and passion fruit pulp in a jug and whisk together. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and mix together using a spatula until you have a smooth batter. Pour the batter into the prepared dish.
• For the sauce, whisk the sugar, lemon juice, passion fruit pulp and lemon curd together in a heatproof bowl with 300ml boiling water from the kettle. Carefully pour the sauce directly over the batter in the dish, then bake for 40-45 mins until the top is set and golden, and the sauce is bubbling up at the edges. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

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.

SELF-SAUCING CHERRY PUDDING

Steps:

• Spread the drained cherries evenly in the bottom of a deep 9 x 9 greased baking dish.
• To prepare batter, cream together the 3/4 cup sugar and butter until well blended, then stir in milk.
• Sift 1 cup flour, baking powder, and salt over creamed ingredients. Combine thoroughly until batter is smooth.
• Turn batter over cherries and smooth evenly with back of spoon.
• To make topping, mix together 1/4 cup sugar and 2 1/2 tbsp flour. Sprinkle it evenly over top of batter.
• Pour reserved cherry liquid in a 2 cup measure and add enough water to make 1 1/2 cups of liquid.
• Heat this liquid in a saucepan until boiling, then remove from heat and stir in red food colouring.
• Slowly, with a back and forth motion, pour liquid all over top of batter.
• Bake at 350 for 45 minutes.