New England Christmas Pudding Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Combine drained pineapple and diced apples.
• Put into a 9-inch square pan.
• Mix walnuts and brown sugar together and spread over fruit.
• Beat eggs until thick and blend in flour and sugar.
• Add melted butter and mix thoroughly.
• Spread batter over the sugar and walnuts, making sure that mixture does not touch fruit mixture underneath.
• Bake for approximately 60 minutes or until golden brown.
• It's done when poked and no butter flows underneath.
• Serve warm with vanilla ice cream if desired.

Steps:

• The day before you want to steam the pudding: In a large bowl, thoroughly mix the suet, brown sugar, sifted flour, breadcrumbs, allspice, clove, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Gradually mix in the currants, sultanas, raisins, candied peel, and almonds, followed by the apple and citrus zests. In a small bowl, whisk together the rum, barley wine, and stout, and then beat in the eggs. Pour this mixture over the dried fruit and nut mixture. Mix thoroughly. It should be somewhat loose; if it needs a little more liquid, add some stout. Cover the bowl and refrigerate overnight.
• The following day: Butter a 1-pint pudding mold and pack the pudding mixture into it. Cover with a double piece of parchment and a sheet of foil and tie securely with a string across the top to make a handle. Place the pudding mold in a covered steamer set over a saucepan of simmering water, and steam for 8 hours. Check the water level, adding boiling water as needed. When the pudding is finished, let it cool and then remove the papers and foil. Replace with fresh paper and make a new string for easier maneuvering. Set in a cool place away from light (under the bed works well).
• To reheat, set a saucepan with boiling water over medium heat and put a steamer on top. Reduce the heat to a gentle simmer, set the pudding in the steamer, cover, and let steam for 2 1/4 hours. Top up the water a bit if necessary.
• To serve, remove the pudding from the steamer and take off the wrapping. Slide a palette knife around the pudding, and then turn it out onto a warm plate. Garnish with a sprig of holly. To flambe the pudding, warm a ladleful of brandy over direct heat, and when it is hot, carefully light the brandy. Place the flaming ladle over the pudding, but do not pour until at the table. When you do slowly pour it over the pudding, sides and all, watch it flame! Serve with rum sauce if desired.
• This recipe was provided by professional chefs and has been scaled down from a bulk recipe provided by a restaurant. The Food Network Kitchens chefs have not tested this recipe, in the proportions indicated, and therefore, we cannot make any representation as to the results.

Steps:

• Stir the flour, salt, sugar, and the melted butter into the corn.
• Beat the eggs slightly and combine with the milk.
• Combine the milk and corn mixtures and pour into a 2 quart baking dish that has been sprayed with Pam.
• Bake in a 450 degree oven for 45 minutes, until nicely browned.
• *IMPORTANT: Stir with a long-pronged fork, breaking the surface as little as possible 3 times during baking.

Steps:

• Combine sugar, constarch, and salt in saucepan, add milk.
• Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thick and bubbly (8 minutes), cook one more minute.
• Temper eggs by briskly whisking small spoons of hot milk mixture into eggs (best done in a small heavy bowl).
• Whisk egg mixture into milk mixture.
• Add rice, raisins, butter and vanilla.
• Let stand 10 minutes.
• Stir gently, spoon into dessert dishes and sprinkle with nutmeg.

Steps:

• Scald the milk and butter in a large double boiler. Or heat the milk and butter for 5-6 minutes on high heat in the microwave, until it is boiling, then transfer it to a pot on the stove. Keep hot on medium heat.
• Preheat oven to 250.
• In a separate bowl, mix cornmeal, flour, and salt; stir in molasses. Thin the mixture with about 1/2 cup of scalded milk, a few tablespoons at a time, then gradually add the mixture back to the large pot of scalded milk. Cook, stirring until thickened.
• Temper the eggs by slowly adding a half cup of the hot milk cornmeal mixture to the beaten eggs, whisking constantly.
• Add the egg mixture back in with the hot milk cornmeal mixture, stir to combine.
• Stir in the sugar and spices, until smooth. At this point, if the mixture is clumpy, you can run it through a blender to smooth it out.
• Stir in the raisins (optional).
• Pour into a 2 1/2 quart shallow casserole dish.
• Bake for 2 hours at 250.
• Allow the pudding to cool about an hour to be at its best. It should be reheated to warm temperature if it has been chilled. Serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

Steps:

• In an ungreased 3 quart baking dish tear up the bread in pieces.
• In another bowl pour boiling water over the raisins and drain.
• Add to the bread and mix up.
• In another bowl beat the eggs, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.
• Add the milk to this.
• Mix well and pour over the bread and mix gently.
• Set this dish in a pan of water and bake 350 degrees for 1 1/2 hours.
• Serve with whipped cream dollops.