Christmas Pudding Recipe Vegan

The ultimate vegan christmas pudding.

Christmas pudding recipe vegan. As a sponge that s steamed for hours on end the texture is moist and fairly dense so replacing the egg is a doddle you could probably just leave it out of any standard recipe but i ve just added a bit of. In fact it s a good idea to make it in advance because this allows the flavours to develop. Because christmas pudding is made with plenty of sugar dried fruit and often booze it lasts a lot longer than most desserts. Some recipes say that christmas pudding can be kept for a year or longer.

Put the remaining figs the dairy free margarine and the rum into a large food processor and whizz until smooth ish then scrape into a large mixing bowl tip in the chopped figs sultanas raisins grated apple sugars breadcrumbs flour and allspice. It s excellent eaten right away but can be stored for up to 6 weeks or frozen for up to 1 year. Christmas pudding is actually very easy to vegan ise as the fat content is suet and vegetable suet is almost always vegan anyway. It s dark rich fruity moist boozy much lighter than the dense heavy puddings you might have tried in the past.

Plain flour 1 tsp ground nutmeg 1 tsp mixed spice 1 tsp cinnamon 1 2 tsp salt 1 3 cup 75g soft brown sugar. Leftovers can be sliced up and fried in leftover brandy butter as fritters or used in a christmas pudding ice cream. As far as i know the first time it s referred to as christmas pudding is by eliza acton in her 1845 book modern cookery in all its branches. It s richly spiced filled with juicy fruit and a bit boozy.

Reduced to a system of easy practice for the use of private families pre dating mrs beeton by a couple of decades eliza s book makes for fascinating reading. Great partnered with our brandy butter or with some vegan cream or ice cream.