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Spiced Bramley Apple Steamed Suet Pudding, Bay leaf Scented Custard, and Treacle Sauce
The Foxhunter - Nantyderry, Abergavenny

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Steamed Bramley Puddings
175g pain flour
1tsp baking powder
1/2tsp ground cinnamon
75g vegetable (or beef) Suet
50g dark Muscovado sugar
1 Bramley apple (peeled cored and diced)
Zest of 1 lemon
150ml milk
75g sultanas

Bayleaf Custard
250ml whole Jersey milk
250 ml double cream
50g caster sugar
1 Vanilla pod split
8 egg Yolks
7 bay leafs

Treacle Sauce
500ml golden syrup
2 tablespoons water
Squeeze lemon juice

Steamed Bramley Puddings

  1. Sift the flour, baking powder and spices into a bowl.
  2. Add the vegetable suet sultanas, lemon zest and sugar to the flour and spices, mix together.
  3. Add the milk to form soft dough.
  4. Grease with softened butter, either small individual moulds or one pudding basin, fill with the dough mix, cover with a disc of greaseproof paper, cover with foil and place in a steamer. 5. Individual puddings steam aprox 30mins. I large pudding steam aprox 2hrs.

Bayleaf Custard

  1. Add the double cream and milk with the bay leafs and vanilla into a saucepan.
  2. Mix the egg yolks with the sugar until pale and creamy.
  3. Bring the milk and cream to boil.
  4. Remove from the heat – infuse for 5 minutes and pour on egg yolks whisking well.
  5. Add egg and milk. Mix into the pan and stir over a low heat until thickened. Do not boil.
  6. Once thickened, remove from heat, discard vanilla pod and bay leafs and serve warm with the steamed puddings.

Treacle Sauce

Mix together in a saucepan heat gently and drizzle over the steamed puddings

To serve

Place Steamed pudding on a pool of bay leaf custard and pour over warm treacle sauce.

Spiced Bramley Apple Steamed Suet Pudding, Bay leaf Scented Custard, and Treacle Sauce - The Foxhunter - Nantyderry, Abergavenny
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