Steamed Christmas Fruit Pudding

Ingredients

• 1 lb raisins
• 1 lb currants
• 1 lb sultanas
• 1 lb chopped apples
• 1 lb Brazil nut kernels
• 1/2 lb moist sugar
• 1/2 lb wholemeal breadcrumbs
• 1/2 lb Allinson fine wheatmeal
• 1/2 lb sweet almonds
• 1/2 lb butter
• 1/4 lb mixed peel
• 1/2 oz mixed spice
• 6 eggs
• milk

Method

1. 1 Wash and pick the currants and sultanas; wash and stone the raisins.
2. 2 Chop fine the nut kernels, blanch and chop fine the almonds, and cut up fine the mixed peel.
3. 3 Rub the butter into the meal and breadcrumbs.
4. 4 Mix all the dry ingredients together.
5. 5 Beat the eggs well and add them to the dry mixture.
6. 6 Pour in enough milk to moisten the mixture sufficiently to work it with a wooden spoon.
7. 7 Fill buttered pudding basins nearly to the top with the mixture.
8. 8 Cover with pieces of buttered paper, tie pudding cloths over the basins, and boil for 12 hours.