AUNTY BERTHA'S CHRISTMAS PUDDING

This recipe came to us through our Youth Worker(Greg Peisley)who was with us at Wilberforce. It is a very old recipe that his old aunty used to cook each Christmas. This pudding has become the tradition for our family each Christmas. The recipe in now over 140 years old.

450gm butter
680gm plain flour
1 cup of fresh breadcrumbs
450gm sugar
8 beaten eggs
1 cup of strong cold tea
1 teaspoon bicarb soda (in tea)
2.3kls fruit (raisins & sultanas soaked in brandy overnight)
Brandy

Method.

Rub butter into sifted flour.

Add sugar and breadcrumbs.

Add beaten eggs, tea etc.

Mix well.

Add fruit and continue to mix well.

Put in cloth (or cloths) and leave about 3cms to rise.

Tie tightly.

Boil for 5 hours and then cook 4 hours on the day of eating

Immediately before eating, heat a little brandy in a saucepan - light in saucepan and then pour over pudding.

Enjoy