old fashioned puddings

Indulgent and creamy with lashings of nutmeg, Simon Hopkinson's foolproof rice pudding recipe is the perfect comfort food.

Rice pudding

grams/1½oz butter

grams/3½fl oz pudding rice (or Spanish paella rice)

75 grams/2½oz caster sugar

litre/1¾pints full-fat milk

150 milliliters/5fl oz double cream

vanilla extract

salt

plenty nutmeg

A recipe for sticky toffee pudding is sacred in the kitchen of a discerning cook. 


Sticky toffee pudding

175 grams/6 ounces dates, chopped

rounded tsp bicarbonate of soda

salted butter

75 grams/2½oz demerara sugar

75 grams/2½oz molasses sugar

free-range eggs

flour

tsp vanilla extract

butter,

250 milliliters/9fl oz double cream

butter

molasses sugar

300 milliliters/10fl oz whipping cream

cream,

Mary Berry's step-by-step recipe for this retro British pudding of custard, cake and jam topped with soft, chewy meringue.

You will need a 1.4L/2½pt oval ovenproof dish that will fit inside a roasting tin. 

Mary Berry's queen of puddings

600 milliliters/1 pint full-fat milk

caster sugar

free-range eggs, yolks only

breadcrumbs

free-range eggs, whites only

200 grams/7 ounces fresh mixed summer fruits,

caster sugar (or to taste)

pouring cream

This is easy apple pie like mum used to make, with large pieces of Bramley apple enclosed in rich shortcrust pastry. Douse in cream and get stuck in.

Proper apple pie

water

Bramley

sugar,

This is the easiest apple crumble recipe and an all-time favourite quick and easy dessert. 

Each serving provides 618 kcal, 6g protein, 83g carbohydrates (of which 43g sugars), 28.5g fat (of which 18g saturates), 3.5g fibre and 0.21g salt.

Easy apple crumble

300 grams/10½oz plain flour, sieved

brown sugar

unsalted butter

450 grams/1lb apples, peeled, cored and cut into 1cm/½in pieces (see recipe tip)

plain flour

cinnamon

Treacle tart is a British classic, and Mary Berry shows you how to make it to perfection. This version has a fancy lattice woven top to show off to all your guests. But Mary makes it very easy. 

Mary Berry’s treacle tart

golden syrup

150 grams/5½oz fine fresh white breadcrumbs

lemons, zest and juice

egg, egg

This rich fruit clootie dumpling is a classic Scottish steamed pudding, serve with clotted cream and a dram of whisky.

Clootie dumpling

(8 ounces) plain flour,

tsp bicarbonate of soda

tsp mixed spice

ginger

¼tsp sea salt

175 grams/6 ounces caster sugar,

100 grams/4 ounces shredded suet

100 grams/4 ounces sultanas

currants

dates

raisins

apple

tbsp black treacle

150 milliliters/5fl oz buttermilk

clotted cream

This makes one of the best Sunday-lunch puddings you will ever eat. If by any chance you have any leftovers, they microwave most satisfactorily.

Lemon and elderflower drizzle pudding

grams/1¾oz full-fat Greek yoghurt

150 grams/5½oz caster sugar

grams/3½oz rice flour (or plain flour

75 grams/2¾oz ground almonds

fine sea salt

1½ tsp baking powder (gluten-free if necessary)

free-range eggs,

tbsp undiluted elderflower cordial

100 milliliters/3½fl oz undiluted elderflower cordial

lemon juice

My STP is altogether deeper and darker than the original version: it is still sweet, but the muscovado sugar and black treacle give it an almost savage intensity. It seems redolent of ginger, cloves, allspice – and yet none of these spices are used. It’s a miracle. I don’t understand it – but then, miracles are not to be questioned.

Equipment: You will need a 23x23cm/9x9in square baking dish. 

Nigella's sticky toffee pudding

200 milliliters/7fl oz water

grams/2½oz unsalted butter, softened,

grams/1¾oz dark muscovado sugar

150 grams/5½oz plain flour

tsp baking powder

grams/5½oz unsalted butter, softened

300 grams/10½oz dark muscovado sugar

200 milliliters/7fl oz double cream,

Nigella embraces the cosiness of tradition with a Christmas Classic, Sticky Toffee Pudding. The muscovado sugar and black treacle give her version an almost savage intensity

Nigella's Sticky Toffee Pudding

Here’s an easy molten chocolate pudding that's a real crowd-pleaser. The chocolate sauce gets poured on the top, but miraculously ends up on the bottom. How do they do that?


Chocolate self-saucing pudding

175 grams/6 ounces unsalted butter,

300 grams/10½oz soft light brown sugar

free-range eggs, beaten

grams/1¾oz cocoa powder,

tbsp milk

icing sugar,

A true British classic pudding, Bakewell tart is best served slightly warm with a dollop of lightly whipped cream.

Bakewell tart

280 grams/10 ounces plain flour,

free-range egg, beaten

65 grams/2½oz caster sugar

grams/1 almonds

300 grams/10½oz ground almonds

130 grams/4¾oz caster sugar

eggs,

almond essence

raspberry jam

almonds

Try the Hairy Bikers’ recipe for a classic steamed syrup sponge, simple to make and guaranteed to impress.

For this recipe you will need a 1.2 litre/2 pint pudding basin. 

Steamed syrup sponge pudding

175 grams/6 ounces butter, softened,

grams/4½oz golden caster sugar

custard

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