Description
Don’t leave out the glace ginger bits, they provide great texture and flavour. This pudding can be reheated very successfully.
Ingredients
Scale
- 100gm softened butter (4oz)
- 2 teaspoons orange zest
- 80 gm brown sugar (3oz)
- 50 gm honey (1.8oz)
- 2 Tablespoons candied ginger
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup (150gm/ 5¼oz) plain flour
- 100gm chocolate (3oz)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup ( 125ml) milk
Caramel ginger sauce
- ½ cup of sugar
- 2 Tablespoons grated ginger
- 1 tablespoons lemon juice
- ½ cup orange juice
- pinch of salt
- ½ cup of cream
- extra cream or ice cream
Instructions
- Beat the butter sugar , honey, zest until light and add the eggs mixing well
- Add the dry ingredients, and the milk and the candied ginger last.
- Put 2 large tablespoonsful into each mould. Cut the chocolate into squares on put 4 squares together onto the batter in the middle and cover with a small spoon of the batter. Continue until all of the moulds are full.
- Put a deep baking tray onto the stove top and ¼ fill with water, Start to heat the water while you are covering the puddings.
- Cover each pudding with foil and seal well. Put each into the warmed water. The water should come ½ way up the sides of the pudding dishes.
- Cover the tray well with foil and turn to low so that the puddings simmer but do not boil (water may get into them). Simmer for 20-25 minutes before opening one and pressing to test. The pudding should be firm to touch.
For the sauce
- Put the sugar in a pot with the lemon juice on a medium heat. Don’t stir just keep swirling until all of the sugar is starting to dissolve. Keep watching and cook the sugar till dark golden.
- Carefully add the ginger, orange juice and cream and a pinch of salt and boil for a couple of minutes stirring to collect any caramel stuck to the bottom of the pot. Strain out the ginger while the sauce is hot
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 35 mins
- Category: Dessert