Marmalade Steamed Pudding

Mum and Dad were over for the weekend and they brought a whole lot of goodies with them. Mums banana and blackberry jam is a real favourite and dad brought some of his marmalade which is the second best marmalade in the world. (Debbie ranks #1 of course and I come in at #3).

Mum is noted, indeed world famous for her Christmas steamed puddings and late November sees the gearing up of a small factory line and puddings being mailed right across the country. They are fantastic, keep for ages and are just to die for.

Since I am off work at the moment I am pretty bored and I was looking for something to do with a dehydrator, which lead to stumbling across a crockpot joint of pork recipe, which somehow became a steamed pudding which ended up with this recipe.

Surprisingly, it came from the food in a minute website and can be prepared both in individual portions in the microwave or as a giant portion in a pot. This version I will make in a large pudding basin which Debbie bought on the weekend so we could make porridge in the crockpot without it burning. Sounds like it was meant to be.

Ingredients

50g butter
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup self raising flour
grated rind of 1 lemon
1/2 cup of milk
6 tablespoons of marmalde

Method

Grease the bottom and sides of the ramekins or pudding basin. Optionally line the base of the pudding basin with a round of baking paper or grease-proof paper which will help for easy removal.

Beat the butter and sugar together, then beat in the egg and lemon rind.

Sift in the sifted self-raising flour and the milk.

If using ramekins, divide the marmalade and place in the bottom. Otherwise add to the bottom of the pudding basin. Top with the batter.

If microwaving ramekins, cook for 5-7 minutes on a medium heat.

If steaming, tightly cover the top of the pudding basin with 2 layers of greased proof paper secured with kitchen string. Sit the basin on a saucer or trivet in a covered pot of boiling water and cook for an hour. Once cooked, turn out and serve with whipped cream or yogurt.