I have to admit that I didn't take a picture of the one I made a few days ago - I think this was made by Delia!
Summer pudding is one of the easiest of things to make though - it is a bit of a bitsa recipe - take bitsa this and bitsa that...
Get good quality white bread, thick sliced, or slice it thickly.
Use it to line a pudding basin - cut a circle for the base, and then fit slices around the side. Leave enough to cover it.
Now put a mixture of summer fruit, usually red and purple ones, together - I used raspberries, chopped strawberries and blueberries - black currants or redcurrants are also traditional. Warm these - I do it in the microwave for about a minute or two, until they start to get juicy.
Sweeten with sugar or sweetener to taste.
Put into the lined basin, cover with the remaining bread so that there are no gaps.
Put a saucer on the top, with something heavy on it (1kg bag of rice is good!).
Leave somewhere cool, like the fridge, until tomorrow, when the bread should all look a good red colour as the weight pushes the top bread onto the fruit and the juice out into the bread. Cheats tip - if there are still white patches add a small amount of fruit juice on top, replace your saucer and leave a bit longer!
Turn out onto a plate, add a bit more fruit if you want it to look posh!
A spoonful of cream, ice-cream or yoghurt is good.
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Date: 23/07/2007 09:17 pm (UTC)Summer pudding is one of the easiest of things to make though - it is a bit of a bitsa recipe - take bitsa this and bitsa that...
Get good quality white bread, thick sliced, or slice it thickly.
Use it to line a pudding basin - cut a circle for the base, and then fit slices around the side. Leave enough to cover it.
Now put a mixture of summer fruit, usually red and purple ones, together - I used raspberries, chopped strawberries and blueberries - black currants or redcurrants are also traditional. Warm these - I do it in the microwave for about a minute or two, until they start to get juicy.
Sweeten with sugar or sweetener to taste.
Put into the lined basin, cover with the remaining bread so that there are no gaps.
Put a saucer on the top, with something heavy on it (1kg bag of rice is good!).
Leave somewhere cool, like the fridge, until tomorrow, when the bread should all look a good red colour as the weight pushes the top bread onto the fruit and the juice out into the bread. Cheats tip - if there are still white patches add a small amount of fruit juice on top, replace your saucer and leave a bit longer!
Turn out onto a plate, add a bit more fruit if you want it to look posh!
A spoonful of cream, ice-cream or yoghurt is good.