Montagu date and brandy pudding with walnuts
Servings Prep Time
8-10people 25minutes
Cook Time
40-45minutes
Servings Prep Time
8-10people 25minutes
Cook Time
40-45minutes
Ingredients
Pudding
  • 500g Montagu Sayer pitted dates
  • 10ml Bicarbonate of soda
  • 2cups Boiling water
  • 250g Butter, softened
  • 400g brown sugar
  • 4 Extra large eggs
  • 480g cake flour
  • 10ml baking powder
  • 5ml salt
  • 200g Montagu raw walnuts
Sauce
  • 500g brown sugar
  • 100g Butter
  • 1 1/2 cups Boiling water
  • 15ml vanilla extract
  • 5ml salt
  • 1cup brandy
Instructions
Pudding
  1. Oven temperature: 160 degrees Celsius
  2. Place the dates in a large bowl and cover with the boiling water. Let cool.
  3. Whip the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
  4. Add the eggs and whip until incorporated.
  5. Sieve the flour, baking powder and salt together.
  6. Add the bicarb to the dates and mix through.
  7. Add the date mixture to the butter and sugar mixture and mix through.
  8. Add the dry ingredients and mix until everything is well incorporated.
  9. Pour the batter into a large, prepared oven dish and scatter over the walnuts.
  10. Bake until well risen out and a skewer comes out clean.
Sauce
  1. Place all the ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
  2. Pour the hot sauce over the pudding once it comes out of the oven. Serve hot.