Orange Self Saucing Pudding Recipes

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.

Steps:

• Butter a 2-litre baking dish and heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Put the kettle on. Put the flour, caster sugar, 50g cocoa, baking powder, orange zest and a pinch of salt in a large mixing bowl. Whisk together the orange juice and any pulp left in the juicer, the eggs, melted butter and milk, then pour onto the dry ingredients and mix together until smooth. Stir in the chocolate chunks and scrape everything into the baking dish.
• Mix 300ml boiling water from the kettle with the sugar and cocoa for the sauce, then pour this all over the pudding batter - don't worry, it will look very strange at this stage! Bake on the middle shelf of the oven for 30 mins until the surface looks firm, risen and crisp. As you scoop spoonfuls into serving bowls, you should find a glossy, rich chocolate sauce underneath the sponge. Eat immediately with vanilla ice cream or single cream.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 356°F Lightly grease a 6-cup capacity baking dish.
• In a large bowl sift the flour and baking powder.
• Add the butter and rub with fingertips until the mixture comes together like fine breadcrumbs.
• Add the sugar and orange zest and mix through. Make a well in the center and pour in the milk. Add the blueberries and mix together to form a stiff batter.
• Pour the mixture into the prepared dish.
• To make the sauce, squeeze the orange into a measuring glass and top with boiling water to make 1 1/2 cups total. Stir in the jam and sugar until dissolved.
• Pour the sauce over the pudding mixture and bake in the oven for 45 mins or until the pudding is cooked through.
• Serve hot from the oven sprinkled with icing sugar and topped with ice-cream or yoghurt.