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Figgy Pudding

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The history of figgy pudding dates back to 16th century England. The ancestor of figgy pudding (and plum pudding) is a medieval spiced porridge known as Frumenty. Today, the term figgy pudding is known mainly because of a popular Christmas carol. The carolers singing "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" mention it numerous times throughout the song. Currently figgy pudding is not very popular but is thought about during the holiday season. It is a British-style pudding, or dessert, resembling something like a white Christmas pudding. The pudding may be baked, steamed in the oven, boiled, or fried.

Ingredients

  • ½ cup butter
  • ½ cup vegetable shortening
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 3 large egg yolks
  • 1 cup milk
  • 2 tablespoons rum extract (or flavored extract of your choice)
  • 2 apples, peeled, cored, and finely chopped
  • 2 pounds dried figs, ground or finely chopped
  • Grated peel of 1 lemon and 1 orange
  • 1 cup chopped nuts
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
  • ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1 ½ cups dried bread crumbs
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 3 large egg whites, stiffly whipped
  • 1 strip of bacon, finely crushed (optional; New England variant)
  • 1 teaspoon of hard sauce, for drizzling

Instructions

  1. 1
    Preheat oven to 325 °F. Generously grease an oven-proof 2-quart bowl or mold; set aside.
  2. 2
    Cream together butter and shortening.
  3. 3
    Gradually add sugar, egg yolks, milk, extract, apple, figs, lemon and orange peel.
  4. 4
    Add next 6 ingredients, mixing well. Fold whipped egg whites into mixture.
  5. 5
    Pour into prepared bowl or mold, place into large shallow pan, and place on middle rack in oven.
  6. 6
    Fill the shallow pan half-full with boiling water, and slowly steam pudding in oven at 325 °F for 4 hours, replacing water as needed.
Category
Desserts
Method
Baking

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Figgy_Pudding