Mini Christmas puddings

Name: Mini Christmas puddings
Cuisine: European, British
Ingredients: 1/4 cup Currants and sultanas; 1/2 cup Roasted Almonds; 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar; 1/3 cup dark rum or orange juice; 300g Madeira Cake, crumbled; 2 tsp grated orange rind/zest; 200g dark chocolate, melted; and for the decoration:; 2 tbs Pistachio nuts, chopped; 125g white chocolate, melted; 2 1/2 tsps vegetable oil; 125g giant white chocolate buttons; a few glacé cherries or cherry jelly sweets

8 steps

You should get about 40-50 balls with a white chocolate button underneath and drizzled white chocolate and pistachio nuts and chopped cherry pieces on top.

Updated at: Thu, 09 Nov 2023 12:28:48 GMT

Ingredients

25 servings

¼ cupcurrants

sultanas

½ cupRoasted Almonds

⅓ cupdark rum

200gdark chocolate

melted

and for the decoration:

2 TbsPistachio nuts

chopped

125gwhite chocolate

melted

2.5 tspsvegetable oil

125gwhite chocolate buttons

3glacé cherries

or cherry jelly sweets

Instructions

Step 1

1: combine raisins, currants, brown sugar and rum/orange juice in saucepan. Simmer, stirring for 3 minutes. Cool.

Step 2

2: finely chop almonds in a food processor. Place in a large bowl, along with cake crumbs, rind and cooled fruit mixture. Add melted chocolate and stir to combine.

Step 3

3: roll mixture into 3cm diameter balls and place on a lined tray.

Step 4

Refrigerate until firm.

Step 5

4: combine melted white melts and oil. spoon into a small plastic bag. Snip a tiny piece from one corner. Pipe a little dot onto an extra white melt then secure a pudding on top. Repeat with remaining puddings.

Step 6

5: drizzle remaining chocolate mixture over the top of each pudding,

Step 7

Decorate with pistachio nuts - do this part a few at a time so the white chocolate won't stiffen inside the bag.

Step 8

Store puddings in refrigerator.