English ale-soaked Christmas pudding

Ingredients

  • 200 g mixed dried fruit, such as sour cherries, cranberries, apples, pears and figs
  • 75 g raisins, preferably muscatel
  • 75 g currants
  • 75 g sultanas
  • 200 ml Theakstons Old Peculiar ale
  • 3 tbsp rum or whisky, plus extra for feeding pudding
  • 1 small orange, grated rind and juice
  • 1 small lemon, grated rind and juice
  • 85 g prunes, soaked overnight in tea, drained and chopped
  • 1 large banana
  • 1 large apple
  • 175 g butter, plus extra for greasing
  • 250 g soft dark brown sugar
  • 1 tbsp treacle
  • 2 large eggs
  • 85 g self-raising flour, sifted
  • tsp ground ginger
  • tsp cinnamon
  • tsp mixed spice
  • 175 g fresh white breadcrumbs
  • 75 g mixed peel
  • 85 g mixed nuts, such as brazil nuts and toasted hazelnuts, roughly chopped
To serve

  • cream
  • brandy butter

Description

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