Auntjeannieshardsauce Recipes

BLUEBERRY PUDDING WITH HARD SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Lightly grease the sides and bottom of 2x9x13 inch baking pan with shorting, dust with flour and tap out excess.
• Sift together all dry ingredients, set a side.
• Cream butter, sugar and egg yolks together.
• Add milk and dry ingredients alternatly to the butter, sugar and egg yolks.
• Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.
• Roll berries well in flour.
• Fold berries in last.
• Bake in slow oven, 1-1 1/2 hours.
• In my oven it took 1 hour.
• Or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean and is golden brown.
• Hard Sauce:.
• Mix all ingredients well in a medium saucepan.
• When thickened add vanilla
• Dice cold butter.
• Stir into sauce one piece at a time, stirring until each piece is melted before adding the next piece.
• Serve warm or at room temperature.
• Refrigerate leftovers.

HARD SAUCE

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine the sugar, flour, nutmeg, allspice and water until smooth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in butter and extracts. Serve with spice cake. Refrigerate leftovers.

BRANDY BUTTER (HARD SAUCE)

Steps:

• Place butter, confectioners sugar, orange rind, orange juice, and brandy or cognac into food processor and mix until smooth. Pile sauce into serving bowl and refrigerate. Remove from fridge about one hour before serving.

HARD SAUCE FOR BREAD PUDDING OR CAKE

Steps:

• Mix sugar, butter, cornstarch, salt and cold water together in a small sauce pan.
• Add hot water and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until thickened.
• Add vinegar and vanilla.
• Serve hot over warm bread pudding or warm pound cake.

CARROT PLUM PUDDING WITH HARD SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine all dry ingredients in bowl.
• Toss raisins and walnuts into flour mixture.
• Break eggs into a large bowl.
• Beat well.
• Gradually add melted butter, continueing to beat.
• Stir in flour mixture, grated carrots, and grated potatoes.
• Pour into well greased 6 cup pudding mold or large heat-proof bowl.
• Cover tightly with a double layer of foil, securing with a string.
• Place on wire rack in the bottom of a deep pot or canning kettle.
• Add boiling water to the pot until it reaches half way up the side of the mold.
• Steam over low heat for 2 to 2 1/2 hours, until tester inserted into pudding comes out clean and top of pudding is firm to the touch.
• Check water level in pot occasionally, adding more boiling water if needed.
• Remove foil from mold.
• Let pudding rest in pan for 10 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack.
• When completely cool, wrap in foil and store in refrigerator for up to 2 weeks or in freezer.
• If frozen, let thaw before heating.
• To reheat, return pudding to mold, cover and steam for about 1 hour or until heated through.
• Serve warm with hard sauce.
• For hard sauce:.
• Thoroughly Cream butter and sifted confectioners sugar together.
• Add 1-2 teaspoons vanilla (or rum or brandy) and beat well.
• Spread in 8x8" pan and place in refrigerator to harden.
• Cut into small squares to serve on warm slices of the pudding.
• The hard sauce could also be chilled in individual butter molds; or a bowl to be spooned onto the pudding in lumps.
• Note: For a dramatic entrance, just before serving, I soak a few sugar cubes in almond extract. Then I place them together on top the pudding, light them with a match, turn out all the lights, and deliver the flaming pudding to the table (usually accompanied by a Happy Birthday song to Jesus).

GRAN'S HARD SAUCE FOR CHRISTMAS PUDDING

Steps:

• Soften the butter.
• Combine all ingredients in a blender.

HARD SAUCE

Steps:

• Cream butter and icing sugar until light and almost white.
• Slowly drizzle in brandy continuing to beat.
• Serve with hot Christmas pudding.

AUNT JEANNIE'S HARD SAUCE

Steps:

• Using an electric mixer (MUCH easier than by hand as my aunt did), beat butter until creamy.
• Add sugar and blend well; stir in milk.
• Add brandy and vanilla, one teaspoon at a time to prevent separation.
• If sauce begins to separate, add more sugar.
• Turn into serving dish and decorate, if desired.
• Chill.