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Treacle Pudding

March 14, 2020 Penny Leave a Comment

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Delicious Pudding

Treacle And Other Puddings

When was the last time you had a pudding? A proper pudding rather than a cold dessert? When I was at school they made up a substantial part of school dinners.

Some were delicious – like treacle pudding or apple crumble and some were really not – like semolina. Of course these days we can’t have puddings every day – too many calories, too much sugar and fat – we all know that. But as an occasional treat, puddings are lovely. For a winters day or a Sunday lunch, a warming, sweet pudding is welcome and homely – who can resist? These puddings are easy to make too and low cost

History of Pudding

It seems puddings began as a sort of sausage (think Black Pudding) but evolved because as well as a pudding being made of meat and savoury products, it also began to be used for bread, cereal and sugar. Sometime in the seventeenth century, a pudding cloth was used instead of a sausage skin and gave way to more variety of mixtures including suet with sweet additions such as jams.

Plum pudding (Christmas pudding) once contained minced meat – so the boundary between sweet and savoury, as we know it, was blurred. In the twentieth century, the pudding basin finally replaced the pudding cloth.

Puddings now come in a variety of forms and are steamed or baked in the oven. The word pudding may be used generally to cover sweet, hot desserts but we still have black pudding and Yorkshire pudding to remind us of its savoury past

Treacle Pudding And Custard

Treacle pudding is made with golden syrup, a by product of refining sugar. Sweet, sticky and gloopy, it is the only thing to use for this pudding. Once you have made it, all you have to decide is what to serve it with. The usual choice might be custard, but ice cream is good and so is evaporated milk. Yoghurt can be good too and of course cream is an option. Too much choice?

You can make your own custard or use a custard powder. Custard powder generally does not contain any eggs – just cornflour and flavouring. Some of the more premium ready made custards do contain real egg – but to find out, check the ingredients list.

This recipe is adapted from Delia Smiths Complete Cookery Book.

It is made with wholemeal flour – really delicious! It is a surprisingly light pudding and because it is made with wholemeal flour it contains more fibre and nutrients than one made with white flour.

You will need a traditional pudding basin – about 1 litre size or 1.5 pints
and a piece of foil to cover the pudding and some string

Steaming

The best way to steam is with a steamer pan – a pan below to hold the water and a pan above with holes in the bottom to stand the pudding in. However, you can also steam using just a large saucepan filled with boiling water which you stand the pudding in. The main key to all this – is don’t let the saucepan run dry but keep an eye on it and top it up with boiling water where necessary.

For a larger pudding, increase the quantities to 170g / 6oz of each and use 3 eggs instead of 2.

Treacle Pudding Recipe


Serves 4-6

Ingredients

  • 1 teaspoon butter or margarine, to grease
  • 3 tablespoons golden syrup
  • 110g/ 4oz plain wholemeal flour
  • 2.5 teaspoons baking powder
  • 110g/ 4oz butter
  • 110g /4oz soft brown sugar
  • 2 eggs

Cooking Directions

  1. Grease the pudding basin
  2. Put the golden syrup in the pudding basin
  3. Place all the remaining ingredients in a bowl and beat thoroughly
  4. Pour the mixture into the pudding basin, on top of the golden syrup
  5. Grease a piece of foil and fold a pleat in the middle
  6. Place over the pudding basin and tie securely with string
  7. Steam the pudding for about an hour and a half
  8. Keep checking the water level, and if necessary top up with boiling water
  9. When cooked, remove the foil
  10. Place a plate over the top of the pudding and then tip the whole thing up to turn it out
  11. Scrape out any excess treacle to put over the pudding
  12. Serve with custard, cream, ice cream or whatever you like!

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Comments

  1. dejah says

    January 28, 2014 at 6:23 am

    You specify “golden syrup”. I have not seen this referenced before in any recipe I have seen/used……is this a specific TYPE of syrup or is it just a golden COLORED syrup?

    Reply
    • penny says

      January 28, 2014 at 9:28 am

      If you are not familiar with Golden syrup this link may help you – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_syrup

      Reply
  2. Killara says

    May 27, 2012 at 12:06 pm

    Hello, Penny
    Oh yes, this is such a lovely easy recipe. All of us in our family just love a Golden Syrup Pudding and it’s so quick and easy to prepare as well.

    It is truly a comfort food.

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