Christmas Pudding Recipe Pressure Cooker

I first suspected but am pretty sure now that the much loved british christmas pudding tradition is the source of the much feared american fruitcake.

Christmas pudding recipe pressure cooker. Place a serving plate on the mold and invert. You might want to check that there s enough water half way through. After the cooker cools down remove mold from the cooker. Step 4 place a steamer basket or rack into the pressure cooker.

For example unless your recipe says otherwise a large 3 pound christmas pudding requires 7 cups of water while a small 6 ounce pudding takes about 3 cups. Step 8 the pudding can be served straight away or stored covered with cling film and re streamed using the above steaming method covering again with foil for 30 mins. Then close the lid and cook under pressure on setting 2 for 2 hours. Secure the lid select dessert high pressure and a cook time of 50 minutes.

Pudding i chose to adapt bbc s good food easy christmas pudding recipe to the pressure cooker except it doesn t call for currants. Sit the pudding on a wire rack to cool removing the foil and baking parchment lid. Put the pudding into the pressure cooker and cook the pudding on a low heat without the lid for 25 minutes. Uncover the mold and run a knife around its edges.

Recipe updated october 2017 with an improved cooking method after further testing and tweaking i can t help this even with my own recipes. Place the trivet in the pressure cooker and add 1 5 litres of water. Place the lid on the pressure cooker but leave the weight off. Due to the very kind request for a traditional pudding recipe from readers i ve been working on converting bbc good food s easy christmas pudding recipe to the pressure cooker this year.

Once the cook time is complete select stop and allow the unit to naturally pressure release npr. Follow the instructions in your pressure cooker manual for reheating puddings. Instead of re inventing the whee er. Cover with fresh parchment and foil and store until christmas.

Remove the lid and carefully remove the pudding. I do mine for hour. Then lower the pudding bowl over the rack or into the basket. Now place the pressure regulator in position and bring to full pressure on high heat.

Tap gently to release the pudding onto the serving. Place a steamer rack into the pressure cooker and place the pudding basin on top. Place the 2 25 kg 5 lb weight on the pressure cooker and bring it to high heat. Allow the steam to escape from the pressure cooker.

Then switch off the cooking zone and allow the pot to cool down. Once pressure is reached apply the 5lb weight or maintain 5lb pressure for 2 5hrs. Repeat with the second pudding. Reduce heat and cook on low heat for about 50 minutes.

Cook for 2 hours. Other than that their recipe is really is easy in that you re literally just measuring mixing dumping and going.