Pirate's Plum Pudding Recipe

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Pirate's Plum Pudding
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  1. The night before stirring up the pudding, combine the candied fruit, nuts, raisins, currants, dates, dates/dried fruits, lemon peel and orange peel.
  2. Pour 1/2 cup rum over the top of the mixture. Cover and let it soak overnight.
  3. Add apple, carrot, beef suet, flour, bread crumbs, brown sugar, soda, cinnamon, mace, cardamom, and allspice.
  4. Mix the ingredients thoroughly.
  5. Whisk together the eggs, fruit juice and 1/4 cup rum in a small bowl. Pour over the fruit/flour mixture, and mix lightly until all ingredients are moistened.
  6. Spoon into two buttered pudding molds. Cover top of each pudding with buttered foil.
  7. Cover top of each pudding mold with a cloth dish towel. Tie the cloth tightly to the top using a loop of kitchen twine.
  8. Place puddings in steamers and steam for 6 hours.
  9. Remove from steamers and store in a cool place until Christmas Day or New Years' Day.
  10. Return the pudding to the steamer and steam for 2 hours more.
  11. To make hard sauce, combined butter, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and 2 tablespoons rum to make a thick paste. Chill 1 hour.
  12. Form the hard sauce into a two balls (one for each pudding) and wrap in waxed paper and store in refrigerator until ready to serve the pudding.
  13. To serve the pudding, place the hard sauce ball on the pudding, and stick the holly sprig through it to anchor it to the top of the pudding.
  14. Pour warm 2 tbsp rum over the pudding, and touch the surface with a lighted match to flame the pudding. Carry it flaming to the table while everyone cheers.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1732.63 Kcal (7254 kJ)
Calories from fat 720.36 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 80.04g 123%
Cholesterol 111.16mg 37%
Sodium 1557.82mg 65%
Potassium 2047.32mg 44%
Total Carbs 243.61g 81%
Sugars 129.14g 517%
Dietary Fiber 7.44g 30%
Protein 15.69g 31%
Vitamin C 276.9mg 461%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 7%
Iron 3.5mg 20%
Calcium 694.9mg 69%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 345.2 Kcal (1445 kJ)
Calories from fat 143.52 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 15.95g 123%
Cholesterol 22.15mg 37%
Sodium 310.37mg 65%
Potassium 407.9mg 44%
Total Carbs 48.54g 81%
Sugars 25.73g 517%
Dietary Fiber 1.48g 30%
Protein 3.13g 31%
Vitamin C 55.2mg 461%
Iron 0.7mg 20%
Calcium 138.5mg 69%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 40.5
    Points
  • 48
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar,
  • High in Total Fat

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