Recipes

Each month, we will bring you a mouthwatering new recipe to try at home.

I meet alot of people through my servicing and installing of Agas. Most of them have incredibly busy lives juggling work, family and personal committments. They do not have the time to cook complicated or fancy dishes every night.

In my opinion, shopping for your food is the first stage of cooking. The simpler the shopping list, the simpler the dish. This in effect will save you time without compromising on taste.

There are certain dishes that I would recommend using Organic ingredients for as I believe certain foods are tastier grown and prepared this way. It may be more expensive to cook this way however no food is wasted in our house and you can always find another recipe to use your organic goods for, i.e. stocks for soups and stews etc.



February - Steamed Marmalade Pudding

Serves 4

Preparation Time = 30 mins

Cooking Time = 60mins

  • 115g (4oz) soft butter
  • 115g (4oz) caster sugar
  • Grated zest of 1 orange
  • 2 free range eggs, beaten
  • 140g (5oz) self raising flour
  • 2 tbsp marmalade
  • SAUCE
  • 1 tbsp marmalade
  • 150ml British creme fraiche
  • Juice fo the orange
  • Sugar to taste
  • Dash of orange liqueur (optional)

SAUCE

  • 1 tbsp marmalade
  • 150ml British creme fraiche
  • Juice fo the orange
  • Sugar to taste
  • Dash of orange liqueur (optional)

Butter a 1.2 litre (2 pint) pudding basin.

Cream the butter and caster sugar together with the orange zest, gradually add the eggs, then fold in the flour.

Place the marmalade into the bottom of the prepared pudding basin, then spoon over the pudding mixture.

Cover with a disc of baking parchment and place a double thickness of foil over the top of the basin. Tie the foil with string, leaving enough to be able to lift the pudding out of the saucepan.

Put the basin in a large saucepan and pour in boiling water to come half-way up the side of the basin, simmer for 15 minutes. Transfer the covered saucepan, complete with water and pudding to the Simmering Oven.

Steam for about one and half hours in the Simmering Oven, until the pudding is cooked though.

MAKING THE SAUCE

Heat the marmalade with the creme fraiche and orange juice - add sugar to taste if you use a bitter marmalade and a dash of orange liqueur if liked.

A very tasty pudding to warm us up in this cold weather!





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