Apple and Carrot Christmas Pudding

This apple and carrot Christmas pudding recipe is like traditional Christmas pudding with less fat. Serve with rum, cranberry, lemon, or chocolate sauce.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 2 hr 50 mins
• Total Time: 3 hr 20 mins
• Calories: 303 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1 cup raisins
• 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 cup fine bread crumbs
• 4 carrots, peeled and grated
• 2 apples - peeled, cored, and grated
• 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
• 0.5 cup white sugar
• 0.66666668653488 cup butter

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Combine carrots, apples, raisins, and bread crumbs in a bowl; set aside. Sift flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, and allspice together in a separate small bowl; set aside.

Step 2

Beat eggs, butter, and sugar together in a separate large bowl. Stir in flour mixture, then add carrot mixture; stir well. Transfer to a lightly greased, 2-quart mold.

Step 3

Place a steamer rack in the bottom of a large, deep pot. Set filled mold on steamer rack. Pour enough water into the pot to cover bottom 2/3 of mold. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 2 hours 45 minutes, adding water occasionally to maintain water level. Remove mold from pot; cool 10 minutes before turning out onto a plate.