Hello!
Well I made a grand start today on clearing out and sorting the pantry. Part-way through, our young cousin Abbey dropped in to say hello. (She moved to Melbourne and has been home for a short while) So we had a beautiful relaxing afternoon by the fire catching up. Abbey also brought with her a freshly made apple crumble!! Scrumptious!
So tomorrow will have to be the day to finish sorting out the pantry problem. I did, however, discover enough egg cartons to sink a small raft.
Yesterday I made a “Busy Day Pudding” or as it is known in my family “A Pints and ozzes pudding” (I had pronunciation issues as a kid) (I pronounced the old fashioned measurement pint as in ‘pinto’ without the ‘o’ and an oz (ounce) … well… as ‘oz’ 😀 )
Anyway, its a lovely old fashioned steamed pudding so I thought I would write down the recipe for those interested since I have nothing else fabulous to share tonight.
Along with some dodgy photos. 🙂
Busy Day Pudding
Ingredients:
Pudding:
1 & a half cups of self raising flour
3 tablespoons of cornflour (cornstarch)
1 teaspoon salt
2 oz (60 grams) butter melted
2/3 cup of milk *** (that would be two thirds of a cup NOT two or three cups of milk. As a teenager venturing into the kitchen for the first time, this was a trap I fell into. I dumped the first two cups in then called to Mum to announce that ‘It was a bit sloppy’ So avoid my mistakes, cranky mothers and a family that never lets you forget it. 🙂 )
Sauce:
1/3 cup sugar
2 oz (60 grams) butter
3 tablespoons golden syrup
1 cup water
Method:
Sift dry ingredients then mix in butter and milk. You will end up with a pudding ball… place that in steamer bowl
Put larger pot of water on stove and heat to boiling while making your sauce
Put sauce ingredients into a pot, melt butter and bring to boil.
Pour boiling mixture carefully over pudding
Pudding should swell and bob to top
Carefully place uncovered pudding steamer bowl (sorry – no idea what the technical term/name is for this bowl!!) into the larger pot of boiling water. Put lid on larger pot and steam pudding for about 30 minutes
Serve with ice-cream!!
Hope everyone’s weekend is fantastic!
Cheers
Comment from the cranky Mother — this was happening in the middle of cooking the Sunday roast — the said pudding was irretrievable so ended up in the garden compost! My comment was “I might laugh about it one day, but NOT today”. Needless to say that we have laughed a lot since.
🙂 See the joys children give you? 🙂 (compost and chickens are a wonderful place for failed cooking attempts)
Haha!!! I want to make one now ? This also works well using Gluten Free flour!!
It was both tasty AND nostalgic!! 😀