Irishstickydatepuddingwithirishwhiskeytoffeesauce Recipes

Steps:

• Grease 10-cup (2.5 L) Bundt or tube pan; dust with flour. Set aside.
• In saucepan, bring water, dates and baking soda to boil; let cool.
• In large bowl, beat butter with sugar until light; beat in eggs, 1 at a time. Stir in vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour with baking powder; stir into butter mixture alternately with date mixture, making 2 additions of dry ingredients and 1 of date mixture. Scrape into prepared pan. Bake in centre of 350°F (180°C) oven for 45 minutes.
• Irish Whiskey Toffee Sauce: Meanwhile, in saucepan, melt butter over medium heat; stir in sugar until dissolved. Add cream and bring to simmer, stirring occasionally, until thickened slightly, about 5 minutes. Stir in whiskey; keep warm.
• While still in pan and using skewer or toothpick, poke holes all over cake; pour 1/3 cup (75 mL) warm sauce evenly over top. Bake until cake tester inserted in centre comes out clean, about 15 minutes. Let cool in pan on rack for 10 minutes.
• Invert cake onto platter. Poke holes all over; pour 1/3 cup (75 mL) more sauce over cake. (Make-ahead: Let cool completely. Wrap in plastic wrap; store in airtight container at room temperature for up 2 days. Cover remaining sauce and refrigerate for up to 2 days. Reheat to serve.).
• To serve, cut into slices; drizzle with remaining warm sauce. Serves 12.
• Canadian Living Magazine: March 2007.

Steps:

• PUDDING:.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Butter inside of baking dish. Combine dates, baking soda, and 2/3 cup boiling water in a medium size bowl. In a standing mixer fitted with paddle attachment, add dark brown sugar and 5 tablespoons of softened butter. Mix together on medium low (until just mixed) for about 1 minute. Add molasses and vanilla until just combined. Add the date mixture until just combined. In the buttered baking dish evenly distribute the mixture. Bake about 35 minutes. Insert a butter knife into center to check for doneness. Knife should come out clean.
• TO MAKE TOFFEE SAUCE:.
• Melt the butter in a medium sauce pan over medium heat. Whisk in light brown sugar. Cook until instant-read thermometer reaches 250 degrees. Slowly whisk in cream and salt and bring to simmer. Remove from heat and place in a glass bowl. Cover with plastic wrap.
• TO SERVE:.
• Let pudding cool. Cut the pudding into squares and add to individual serving plates. Pour the warm toffee sauce over each pudding (NOTE: Toffee Sauce can be microwaved for a few seconds to reheat, if desired).
• Serve with a teaspoon of Irish whiskey over the pudding and a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream. For a spectacular presentation, light pudding at the table. BE CAREFUL NOT TO SINGE THE GUEST.

Steps:

• Press cloves into the peel of the lemon slice all the way around. Set aside. Measure the sugar into a wine glass. Place a metal spoon into the glass with the curved side facing upwards. Pour the boiling water over the back of the spoon. This will keep your wine glass from shattering. Stir to dissolve the sugar. Pour in the whiskey and add the lemon slice. Let steep for about 1 minute before drinking.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350.
• Line a large, deep roasting pan with dish towels.
• Bring a kettle of water to a boil.
• Place rack in the center of oven.
• Drizzle the melted butter over bread cubes and place them in a buttered 9-by-13-inch baking pan.
• Scald the milk and cream.
• Mix together the eggs, sugar, salt and vanilla. Stir in the hot milk and cream.
• Pour this custard over the bread cubes.
• Sprinkle lightly with cinnamon and nutmeg (go easy on the nutmeg).
• Place baking pan in roasting pan and set on oven rack.
• Pour boiling water into roasting pan until it comes at least halfway up the sides of the baking pan.
• Bake in a water bath until set, about 40 minutes.
• Serve warm with whisky sauce.
• You'll only need 1/2 the recipe for the sauce, or make only 1/2 the recipe.
• Whiskey Sauce:.
• Melt the butter in a sauce pan over medium heat.
• When bubbling, whisk in sugar but do not bring to boil.
• In a separate bowl beat the egg yolks.
• When the sugar is melted, slowly whisk the yolks into the sugar mixture.
• Remove from heat.
• Slowly whisk in the whisky and drizzle over bread pudding.