Flambed Apricot Pudding Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Generously butter a 2-quart baking dish with a lid. Combine flour, baking soda and salt in a sifter and sift into a bowl; set aside. Combine milk, butter and vinegar in a measuring cup and set aside. In a large bowl of an electric mixer, beat the sugar and egg at medium-high speed until smooth. Add the jam and beat until blended. At medium speed, beat in the flour mixture, in fourths, alternately with the milk mixture, in thirds, beginning with the flour mixture, until batter is smooth. Pour into the prepared baking dish, cover and bake until browned and set, for 25 to 30 minutes.
• While pudding bakes, combine sauce ingredients and 1 1/82 cup hot water in a small saucepan; heat to simmering, stirring to dissolve sugar and melt butter. Keep warm.
• When pudding is done, uncover and pour sauce all over the top to evenly soak the pudding. Serve when cool enough to eat.

Steps:

• Set a round wire rack in bottom of large stockpot. Set a 5-cup pudding basin or ovenproof bowl on rack. Fill pot with enough water to come about three-quarters of the way up the sides of the basin. Remove basin; dry, and butter inside. Set aside. Cover pot, and bring to a boil.
• Put apricots, brandy, and 1/2 cup water into a small saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer, partially covered, until apricots are very soft and most of the liquid has been absorbed, about 10 minutes. Reserve 1/2 cup apricots. Carefully puree remaining apricot mixture in a food processor (you should have about 1/2 cup); let cool 10 minutes.
• Cut reserved apricots into 1/2-inch pieces; return to saucepan. Add 1/4 cup sugar and 1/3 cup water. Bring to a simmer; cook until liquid is nearly evaporated. Pour mixture into prepared basin, and set aside.
• Butter a 10-inch round of parchment paper; set aside. Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl; set aside.
• Put remaining 3/4 cup sugar and the lime zest into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium speed 30 seconds. Add butter; mix until pale and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing after each addition. Mix in lime juice.
• Add flour mixture in 3 additions, alternating with the apricot puree and milk. Transfer batter to prepared basin.
• Place parchment round, buttered side down, over basin. Make a pleat in center of parchment. Cover with an 11-inch round of foil. Make a pleat in the center of the foil to allow room for pudding to expand. Cut a piece of twine about 7 feet long. Wrap twine twice around basin over foil, just below lip. Knot to secure. Tie loose ends to twine on other side of basin, creating a handle.
• Lower pudding into boiling water; cover pot. Return to a boil; reduce to a simmer. Steam until an instant-read thermometer inserted into pudding registers 180 degrees, about 1 1/2 hour, adding boiling water occasionally to maintain level.
• Transfer pudding to a wire rack. Remove foil and parchment. Let cool 10 minutes. Run a knife around edge of bowl to loosen, and invert pudding onto a serving plate. Serve warm, with ice cream or creme anglaise if desired.

Steps:

• Combine first 3 ingredients in a bowl. Cover; let stand 8 HOURS.
• Beat sugar; applesauce, and margarine at medium speed until blended; add eggs; beating well. Add apricot mixture and vanilla; mix well.
• Combine flour, baking soda, and ginger; gradually add to apricot mixture, stirring well. Spoon into a 6-cup metal mold coated with cooking spray; cover tightly.
• Place mold on a shallow rack in a large, deep kettle; pour enough boiling water into kettle to come halfway up sides of the mold. cover and steam over boiling water 1 1/2 hours, adding additional water as needed.
• Remove mold from kettle; cool pudding in mold on wire rack 15 minutes. Invert pudding onto a serving plate.
• Heat 2 tablespoons brandy in a long-handled ladle just until hot; pour over pudding and ignite. Serve with Apricot Sauce.
• Apricot Sauce: 1/4 cup sugar; 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon cornstarch; 2 cups apricot nectar; 2 tablespoons brandy. Combine sugar and cornstarch in a non-aluminum saucepan; stir well. Gradually add apricot nectar and brandy. Cook over medium heat until thickened and bubbly, stirring constantly. Serve warm. Yield: 2 cups sauce.

Steps:

• Butter a 5-cup heatproof pudding basin or mixing bowl. Cut a parchment circle to fit top of bowl; butter. Fill a large pot fitted with a steamer or pasta insert with enough water to come halfway up bowl (test this with an empty bowl); set aside.
• Stir together flour, baking powder, and ground ginger in a small bowl. Put butter and sugar into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; mix on medium speed until pale and fluffy. Mix in egg. Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture in 3 batches. Add chopped ginger, honey, and milk; mix until just combined.
• Spoon jam into bottom of prepared bowl. Pour batter on top; smooth with a spatula. Cover bowl with prepared parchment, buttered side down. Place a tea towel on top; secure with kitchen twine. Tie opposing corners of towel on top of bowl.
• Bring water in prepared pot to a boil over medium-high heat. Carefully lower pudding bowl into steamer; cover pot. Reduce heat to medium-low. Steam 2 hours, checking occasionally to make sure water doesn't completely evaporate. Transfer to a wire rack; remove towel and parchment. Let cool 10 minutes. Run a small knife around edge of bowl; invert pudding onto a plate. Serve warm.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180 degrees C, gas mark 4. Grease 6 150ml individual pudding basins or ramekins. In a large bowl, mix flour, baking powder, oil, carrot, sugar, eggs, 1tsp vanilla extract and golden syrup. with an electric mixer 2-3 minutes until combined. Stir in walnuts and divide pudding mixture between basins. Cover each basin with a greased circle of baking paper. Fold a single pleat into 6 larger discs of baking paper (to allow for expansion). Place these discs on top of each pudding basin and tie with string.
• Place basins in a roasting tin and fill tin with enough boiling water to come halfway up the sides of the basins. Bake in oven 1 hour. Remove puddings from tin and set aside to cool about 5 minutes.
• While puddings are cooling, put mascarpone to a small bowl. Sift in icing sugar and add lemon zest and vanilla extract. Stir combine. Chill in fridge until ready to use.
• To serve, turn puddings onto plates and top with a dollop of the mascarpone mixture, drizzled with golden syrup and sprinkled with walnuts.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9-inch square baking dish.
• Whisk cinnamon and brown sugar together in a small bowl; set aside.
• Butter both sides of bread slices with softened butter. Layer in the prepared baking dish with apricot halves.
• Combine milk, creme fraiche, sugar, eggs, lemon zest, and apricot syrup in a large bowl; whisk until combined. Pour over bread and apricots and sprinkle cinnamon-sugar mixture over top. Let stand until bread is saturated with liquid, about 20 minutes.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden on top, about 30 minutes. Set on a wire rack to let cool completely.