27. travnja 2010.

Daring Baker's Challenge, April 2010: Traditional British Pudding


The April 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Esther of The Lilac Kitchen. She challenged everyone to make a traditional British pudding using, if possible, a very traditional British ingredient: suet.

So, the Daring Bakers have become the Daring Steamers this month. I bet you didn't see that coming. Yeah, me neither, but I have to admit I had a great time steaming my dessert for a change.

I'm sure you all know about the British obsession with puddings. They love that stuff so much that they even use the word pudding for many different things:

1) black pudding and white pudding - sort of meat and grain sausage (black pudding uses blood as well as meat)
2) pudding — a generic word for desert
3) pudding — any dish cooked in a pudding bowl or pudding cloth normally steamed, boiled but sometimes baked.
4) an endearment (How are you today my pudding?)


I never quite understood that obsession with something so basic and plain as a pudding (be it sweet or savory), but thanks to Ester and this fabulous challenge I completely changed my mind. I absolutely loved it! So let's talk some more pudding, shall we?

The two basic types are a suet crust pudding with a filling or a suet sponge pudding.
Both types are traditionally steamed in a pudding basin for at least an hour and this is a technique some people rarely, if ever, use. However it is very simple and can be done with the simplest of equipment. All you really need is a reasonable size saucepan with a lid, ideally with a heat proof plate or a steamer rack to go in the bottom of the pan and heat proof bowl or similar container to cook the pudding in. What makes the British pudding so special is apparently an ingredient traditionally used to prepare it - suet. Suet is the hard but flaky fat found on the inside of a cow or sheep around the kidneys and that area of the body. Since the thought of using suet sort of freaked me out and made me feel uncomfortable, I opted for the less traditional, but not less tasty substitute - plain old butter.


Thanks to our lovely hostess, we weren't limited to one recipe only this time, but could decide what kind of pudding we'll make and we were able to experiment with different textures and flavors. So, after a good thought and some research, I decided to make a sweet sponge pudding. Choosing a flavor was the hard part. There were so many different and interesting options! After much thought, I decided to make a fruity and refreshing pudding accompanied with a nice sauce which would complement it and bring out the flavor. In the end I made small individual lemon sponge puddings and served them with a lovely vanilla rum sauce and some strawberries. It was just wonderful! So moist and flavorful, yet so simple and easy. I'll be steaming some more desserts in the future for sure.


Steamed Lemon Pudding
serves 4

100g butter, at room temperature
100g sugar
1 bag vanilla flavored sugar (10g)
zest of 2 lemons, finely grated
2 eggs, lightly beaten
100g all purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tbsp. milk
1 tsp. dark rum

strawberries and chopped pistachios to decorate

4 x 150ml ramekins (or a 600ml pudding bowl)
extra butter and flour for the ramekins
parchment paper and aluminum foil

Generously butter the ramekins and sprinkle with some flour. Cut out four circles out of parchment paper, slightly bigger than the ramekins. Repeat with the aluminum foil as well. Set aside.

Using and electric mixer, beat the butter in a bowl until light and creamy. Add the sugar, vanilla sugar and lemon zest and beat until the mixture becomes very light and fluffy (5 minutes). Slowly add the beaten eggs, beating well between each addition. Sift over the flour and baking powder and gently fold together with milk and rum.

Spoon the mixture evenly among the prepared ramekins. Cover each ramekin with parchment paper, making a pleat to allow the expansion. Then cover with a layer of aluminum foil and steam for 50-60 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Remove the puddings from heat and let them cool for 2-3 minutes. Then run a sharp knife around the edges of each ramekin and turn the puddings onto plates.

Drizzle generously with the vanilla rum sauce and serve with chopped pistachios and strawberries.


Vanilla Rum Sauce
200 ml milk
1 vanilla pod, seeds scraped out
45g granulated sugar
1 bag vanilla flavored sugar (10g)
2 egg yolks
3 tbsp. dark rum

Whisk the egg yolks, sugar and vanilla sugar until light and fluffy. Set aside. Put the milk into a medium saucepan. Add the vanilla seeds and pod and heat on moderate heat. Once the milk begins to bubble remove the vanilla pod and add the egg mixture. Cook on high heat, whisking constantly, until it thickens. Add rum, cook for a few more seconds, then remove from heat and strain through a sieve. Serve warm or at room temperature.
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Broj komentara: 37:

  1. Your mini puddings are gorgeous! I made the same version as you and loved it. Great clicks, as always!

    Cheers,

    Rosa

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  2. Your pudding and sauce are stunning with the strawberries and pistachios! Beautiful photos!

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  3. Those are gorgeous! And the flavors sound delicious! Great job on the challenge.

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  4. it looks LOVELY. And, i agree, this challenge totally opened my eyes.

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  5. I love that you made them individual portions, and they look absolutely delicious. I love the color of the lemon pudding with the light sauce and bright berries. Really well done!

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  6. Lemony! wow...I love lemon desserts...and the pic is just lovely...like the cover of a food mag!

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  7. Oh, how I love lemon, and your pudding looks so moist and delicious! BEAUTIFUL photographs!

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  8. I love lemon flavored desserts! your pudding looks so delectable! :)

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  9. ja sam odustala od daring bakersa ali mi je drago vidjeti da se ti i dalje hvatas u kostac s njihovim izazovima.:) slican pudding sam vec radila i probala (canary puddings with lemon curd topping by delia smith) i cijela kombinacija mi se jako svidjela. svidjela mi se cinjenica da su puddings bili jako socni i meki a sauce im je davao jos jednu dimenziju. vjerujem da su ovi tvoji jako slicni onima koje sam probala.:)

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  10. The first lemon pudding I have seen so far..... with the addition of vanilla rum sauce it must be incredibly delicious. And plus, steaming only takes 60 minutes, that is so great!

    Sawadee from Bangkok,
    Kris

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  11. Pudingići su zaista prekrasni i baš izgledaju sočno i mekano, sigurna sam da bi mi se jako svidjeli pa spremam i pamtim recept obavezno.. :D

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  12. Ovo izgleda apsolutno predivno. :)

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  13. Prekrasno ti izgledaju! Ja sam se kad je Cooketa bila pod inspekcijom, zajela u lemon puddingu, a osim toga sam ga radila i kao kolač u normalnom četvrtastom limu za pečenje, rezala na kockice i nosila na posao za rođendan, tako da mi nije bilo izazov raditi slatki. I Andrein Japanac je na tragu tih puddinga, samo je ovo što je sad bilo zadano, pareno u loncu na štednjaku, a ne u pećnici. Sa slanima sam se ja bome fino zaigrala Em salo prvi put trijebim, em ne znam u šta da stavim, em ne znam koliko dugo, ( jedna kaže 3,5 sata, druga 5? )
    Uglavnom stvarno je bio challenge :)
    Ovaj tvoj umakić mora da je mrak i isprobati ću ga svakako.
    Fotke kao i uvijek, nježne i prekrasne! :)

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  14. Izvrstan recept, izvrstan pudding, prekrasan ! Bravo ! Preuzela sam recept za isprobavanje, tako primamnjivo i dobro izgleda. Slike su prekrasne, uvijek uživam u tvojim slikama, pa tako i sada. Ove su mi baš profinjene i pomalo romantične.

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  15. Your puddings look amazing and lemon pudding would be delicious. The puddings looks so moist and only 1hr steaming that is almost how long it takes to bake. And great you liked them so much. Well done on this challenge. Cheers from Audax from Sydney in Australia.

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  16. This sounds delicious..i love your pudding.

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  17. Izgleda preukusno,a fotkice su tako lepe i nezne!

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  18. Awesome pictures! And the combination of lemon and strawberry sounds divine!

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  19. Uh, prvo su me slike ostavile bez daha. Očarale su me potpuno...
    Sve si nam iznijela, pojasnila, svaka ti čast, sve što i nisam znala o pudinzima saznala sam ovdje.
    Kada sam vidjela da je Tadeja napravila onaj slani, mislila sam da je on i jedina opcija. Pomislils sam na tebe, i kako ćeš ti taj napraviti jer mi se čini da se ne uklapa u tvoju prehranu. A slatki, e to je već druga priča, meni su svi slatki fantastični. I glavni mi je Mohr im Hemd, kojeg sam nekad davno pravila baš na ovaj način.
    Čestitke još jednom, svaka čast.

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  20. Jako fino. I ja sam pod dojmom da puding nije nešto ali evo vidim da si ti promjenila mišljenje. Tvoj post je dao pozitivnu notu pudinzima i stvarno mislim da je vrijeme da se proba napraviti jedan plain english pudding ;)

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  21. Super izgleda i zvuči, fotke su mrak!

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  22. Wow, I love these! Now I wish I'd taken part in the challenge this month. I was thinking steamed English puddings would just be way too heavy for April, but you've made them look so spring like! I might have to give your a try.

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  23. Nisam nikad radila ovako kuhani puding, ali tvoji izgledaju mrak, a kremicu bih pojela i samu.
    "pudding" me uvijek nasmije, jer me podsjeti na pjesmicu koju sam morala učiti s klincima na tečaju (peas pudding hot, peas pudding cold, pease pudding in a pot, three days old!)
    Ciao

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  24. Ovo sam uvek zelela da probam, skroz mi neobicno zvuci :)

    Fotke su super!

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  25. Looks delicious!! Love the lemon and strawberry combination.

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  26. So feminine and pretty. I would like some tea with that. Lovely!

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  27. Your lemon puddings look simply BEAUTIFUL and DELICIOUS!! I love each picture. :)

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  28. YOur little puddings look absolutely gorgeous. Almost too pretty to eat! :)

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  29. predivno izgleda i sigurna sam da je bolji i ukusniji od njihovih tradicionalnih jedno 5 puta :)

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  30. zasto o zasto ja uvijek gladna : kliknem na tvoj blog? jednom rijecju: prekrasno.

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  31. These look beautifully spring fresh!

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  32. Kao uvjek....fantastično! ;)

    ana

    p.s.I am missing youuuuu...."dugo" nije bilo novih postova.....

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  33. You ok? In holydays maybe?
    I'm missing your recipes.
    big hug.

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  34. Simply beautiful. Any British cook would be proud to you pudding pie : )

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