Many years ago now, I attended a series of workshops on cooking with the microwave where we were given recipes from The Sharp Test Kitchen and this is one of them and over the years I have altered it to become my Gluten Free Microwave Christmas Pudding.  This makes a large pudding and I have tried it both this way and as a smaller one so I will give you both versions.

The Tupperware ‘Crisp It’ container is perfect for making this pudding!

 

I use this container for the smaller one:

 

What you need:

Large (Small)

250g butter (125g)

250g brown sugar (125g)

4 eggs  (2 eggs)

1kg mixed fruit  (0.5kg dried fruit)

1 cup pie apple  (1/2 cup pie apple)

1 cup plain Gluten Free flour  (1/2 cup plain GF flour)

1.5 cups Gluten Free breadcrumbs  (3/4 cup GF breadcrumbs)

1 teaspoon cinnamon (1/2 teaspoon cinnamon)

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg  (1/4 teaspoon nutmeg)

1/2 teaspoon ginger  (1/4 teaspoon ginger)

1/2 teaspoon allspice  (1/4 teaspoon allspice)

1 Tablespoon Golden Syrup  (2 teaspoons Golden Syrup)

2 Tablespoons Parisienne Essence  (1 Tablespoon Parisienne Essence)

!/2 cup Sweet Sherry  (1/4 cup Sweet Sherry)

What you do:

1.  Cream butter and sugar

 

 

Add eggs and beat

 

Gradually add fruit alternatively with flour, breadcrumbs and spices

 

 

Fold in Golden Syrup, Parisienne Essence and Sherry

 

 

Grease and flour a large pudding shaped heatproof container – 2litres (1.25l)

Pack the mixture into the container and microwave on MEDIUM LOW/DEFROST for 38mins  (Small version cook on LOW( 30%) for about 35 minutes or until cooked

 

 

Cover the outside edges of pudding with foil about 1″ wide and continue cooking on MEDIUM LOW/DEFROST for another 15-20 minutes or until cooked (this step not needed for smaller version)

 

 

Stand for 10-15 minutes before turning out

 

 

Now isn’t that the easiest Gluten Free Microwave Christmas Pudding that you have ever seen!!!!  I’ll cut it open:

 

 

Perfect – A lovely moist Gluten Free Microwave Christmas pudding!

Enjoy!

Until next time

Nanny xx

Nanny Edit:  This was the first time making this in my new microwave and I had to keep playing with the time and power level so just keep an eye on it.  It will be a little undercooked in the middle when it is done and this will continue to cook as it cools.

Nanny Edit 2:  It is delicious!!  What else were we to do – I had to cut a slice to show you!!!