Apple and Carrot Christmas Pudding
Description
This apple and carrot Christmas pudding recipe is like traditional Christmas pudding with less fat. Serve with rum, cranberry, lemon, or chocolate sauce.
Ingredients
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4 carrots, peeled and grated
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2 apples - peeled, cored, and grated
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1 cup raisins
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1 cup fine bread crumbs
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1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
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2 teaspoons baking powder
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2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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1 teaspoon salt
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1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
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1 teaspoon ground allspice
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4 eggs
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2/3 cup butter
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1/2 cup white sugar
Directions
1
Combine carrots, apples, raisins, and bread crumbs in a bowl; set aside. Sift flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, and allspice together in a separate small bowl; set aside.
2
Beat eggs, butter, and sugar together in a separate large bowl. Stir in flour mixture, then add carrot mixture; stir well. Transfer to a lightly greased, 2-quart mold.
3
Place a steamer rack in the bottom of a large, deep pot. Set filled mold on steamer rack. Pour enough water into the pot to cover bottom 2/3 of mold. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 2 hours 45 minutes, adding water occasionally to maintain water level. Remove mold from pot; cool 10 minutes before turning out onto a plate.