Xristougenniatiki Poutinga (Christmas Pudding)

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~ Ingredients: ~ 2 1/2 cups of flour for all uses ~ 3 tsp of baking powder ~ 1/2 tsp of powder cinnamon ~ 1/4 tsp of powder carnation ~ 1/4 tsp of nutmeg ~ 1/2 tsp of salt ~ 1/4 tsp of powder vanilla ~ 1/2 cup of unsalted butter ~ 3/4 cup of brown sugar (crude) ~ 2 eggs ~ 3/4 cup of milk ~ 1/2 cup of dry fruit sweets ~ 1/2 cup of coarse crashed walnuts ~ Orange sauce

 

~ Sift the flour and put it in a large enough bowl. ~ Add the baking powder, powder cinnamon, powder carnation, nutmeg, salt and powder vanilla and mix well. ~ Using a mixer, beat the butter with the sugar on high speed until it becomes a fluffy mix. ~ Continuing beating the butter/sugar mix, add the eggs one at a time. ~ Lower the mixers speed and add in small doses, alternately the milk and the flour mixture. ~ Finally, mixing softly, add the dry fruit sweets and the crashed walnuts and mix well so the sweets and walnuts blend well with the rest of the mixture. ~ Empty the mixture in a buttered and floured deep pudding form that you have measured ahead of time that it can hold about 8 cups of water. ~ Bake in a preheated oven at 120 degrees Celsius (see conversions) for about 2 hours. ~ You can test it if it is cooked by sticking a toothpick in it and if it comes out dry, the pudding is ready. ~ Remove from the oven and let it stand for about 5 minutes and then place a plate or a platter over the form and turn it up side down to take the pudding out of the form. ~ Pour over the pudding 1/2 a cup of orange sauce and serve while is hot. ~ Serve the remainder of the orange sauce in a sauce boat or a small bowl along with the pudding for your guests to serve them selves. ~ In order to reheat the remainder pudding, wrap with aluminum foil and place in the oven at 150 degrees Celsius (see conversions) for about 15-20 minutes. ~ Preparation of the orange sauce: ~ In a small sauce pan mix 1 cup of brown sugar with 1/2 a cup of orange juice, so that is dissolved the sugar and you boil for about 5 minutes. ~ Add and mix 1/2 a cup of glucose, 2 tbsp of butter, 1 tbsp of lemon juice and 1/2 a tsp of orange zest. ~ Serve the orange sauce hot. ~ Good luck and enjoy.