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Sticky date pudding

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These are a tiny bit late, I was going to post it for all you loved up romantics for Valentines day, however once again time got away from me. I spent Valentines day with Miss Daisy on the beach of Brighton, at a youth festival. It was a lot of fun and we got to meet some great individuals. It was a day for the youth of Melbourne to come out and preform on stage and have a great day out with many different attractions….

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Christmas Pudding

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DSC_9361I hope you are all a lot more prepared for Christmas than I am. I haven’t got a thing organized. I’ve got a lot of custom orders to make for other people for Christmas this year. So this year I shall be lazy and not make very much. A nice simple Christmas. I plan on going to my Sisters for lunch, she asked me what I would like for Christmas, and I said to do nothing and for her to cook everything, and guess what that’s what I’m getting. Oh she did say I have to make the gravy….

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Steamed Orange and Berry Pudding

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For todays recipe I have made a bit of an old school dessert, a boiled pudding. Which doesn’t sound like the most appetising recipe, its sounds rather lifeless and bland – a boiled pudding. I personally think of over cooked vegetables whenever the word boiled is used. But this is great, its moist and tastes like summer with hits of orange zest and berries which is wonderful when winter is in full swing. I hope you enjoy it.
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Orange and Berry Steamed Pudding
 
150g butter
3/4 cup sugar
2 tsp orange zest
2 eggs
2 cups flour
1/2 cup of orange juice 
1 teaspoon baking powder
250g frozen mixed berries
 
Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, add the zest then add the eggs one at a time beating after each addition. Sift in the flour and baking powder and stir through. Pour in the orange juice and stir to combine. 
Place the frozen berries in the bottom of a greased pudding bowl and pour over the cake batter. Take a piece of tin foil and a piece of baking paper sized to fit over the top of the bowl. Place them together and place a fold in them so that the pudding has room to rise if it is needed. Place the foil and paper over the pudding and tie in place with a piece if string. Place this in a big pot with a saucer in the bottom (this will stop the pudding from burning). Pour in some boiling water so it covers about 2/3 of the pudding bowl. Then place the lid on and simmer for 2 1/2 hours or until cooked. You will need to continue to top up the water with hot water from the kettle as the pudding cooks.

Panna Cotta

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Many Moons ago I worked at a hotel where the chef at the time was pretty adventurous for the kind of establishment it was. He would make some amazing dishes and I luckily got to taste test many of them. The Panna Cotta he made was so delicious – I had never tried it before and remember thinking it tasted like ice cream without being frozen. It had that creamy texture, it really was so good. So for todays post, I decided to give this little desert a go and this is my attempt. Personally I think his was better, it just seemed creamier so next time I might change the milk and cream ratio to more cream.

Panna Cotta
 
1 cup cream
1 cup milk
1/2 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
2 tablespoons boiling water
2 teaspoons gelatine 
 
Place the cream, milk, sugar and vanilla into a saucepan. On a medium temperature, heat until the sugar has dissolves.
In a separate bowl place the boiling water into a separate bowl with the gelatine and stir until dissolved. Pour this into the cream mixture and stir through. Pour into 6 greased moulds and place on a tray. Place this into the fridge until set, approximately 5 hours