Cranberry Steamed Pudding And Hard Sauce Or Lemon Sauce Recipes

STEAMED CRANBERRY PUDDING

Steps:

• Grease 1 1/2-quart metal mold or casserole; set aside.
• Combine all pudding ingredients except 1/4 cup flour and cranberries in bowl. Beat at medium speed until well mixed.
• Toss together 1/4 cup flour and cranberries in another bowl. Stir cranberry mixture into pudding batter. Pour into prepared dish. Cover tightly with aluminum foil.
• Place rack in Dutch oven or roasting pan; add boiling water to just below rack. Place mold on rack. Cover; cook over medium heat at low boil 2 hours or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. (Add boiling water occasionally to keep water level just below rack.)
• Remove mold from Dutch oven; let stand 2-3 minutes. Remove aluminum foil; unmold onto large plate.
• Combine all sauce ingredients except vanilla in 1-quart saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, 4-5 minutes or until mixture thickens and comes to a full boil. Boil 1 minute; stir in vanilla.
• Serve pudding warm or cold with warm sauce. Cover sauce; store refrigerated.

STEAMED CRANBERRY PUDDING

Steps:

• Dissolve the baking soda in the hot water. Stir in 1 tablespoon of sugar and molasses, then mix in the cranberries and flour. Pour into a greased 6 cup steamer mold.
• Cover the mold, and place into a steamer basket over boiling water. Cover the steaming pot. Cook over medium heat for one hour before checking, but it will take about 1 1/2 hours total. A toothpick inserted into the pudding should come out clean. Loosen the edges, and cool on a wire rack in the mold.
• Make the hard sauce just before serving: Heat the unsalted butter, cream, 1 cup sugar and vanilla in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook stirring constantly until heated through and smooth.

STEAMED CRANBERRY PUDDING WITH HARD SAUCE

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream shortening and sugar; beat in eggs and molasses. Combine dry ingredients; stir into creamed mixture and mix well. Fold in the cranberries. Pour into a well-greased and floured 6-cup heat-proof mold. Cover tightly with a double layer of foil. Place on a rack in a stockpot. Fill stockpot with boiling water to a depth of 1 in.; cover stockpot and boil gently. Replace water as needed. , Steam about 3 hours or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let stand 10 minutes before unmolding. Let pudding cool 30 minutes before slicing. , For hard sauce, combine sugar, butter and cream in a saucepan; cook and stir over medium heat until smooth. Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla. Serve pudding and sauce warm.

STEAMED CRANBERRY PUDDING

Steps:

• Generously butter a 7 1/2-cup steam pudding mold, set aside. In a large saucepan, combine cranberries, sugar, kirsch, and cinnamon stick. Place over medium-high heat and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and simmer uncovered, stirring occasionally, for 10 to 12 minutes or until cranberries break down and mixture thickens. Remove from heat, discard cinnamon stick, and cool.
• Evenly spread 1/2 cup of the cooled cranberry mixture onto the bottom of the pudding mold, set aside. Meanwhile, prepare the water bath: Fill a large pot (11-by-5 1/4-inches) one-third full with water. Place over a high heat and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and keep at a simmer until pudding is ready to cook.
• Sift together in a medium bowl the flour, baking powder, and salt. In a large bowl with an electric mixer, beat the butter and brown sugar until light and creamy, about 4 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing until completely blended. Add the vanilla.
• Add the dry ingredients alternately with the milk in three additions, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients and blending well after each addition. Add the dried cranberries and the remaining cranberry mixture to the batter and mix until well blended. Pour batter into pudding mold to within 1/2 inch of the top, cover tightly with the moldâ??s lid.
• Submerge a folded dish towel onto the bottom of the large water-bath pot or fit with a wire rack. Place the pudding mold into the water bath, resting on the towel, so that the water comes halfway up the sides of the mold. Cover the water bath and gently simmer the pudding for about 2 hours and 20 minutes or until set and a knife inserted into the center comes out clean.
• Remove pudding mold from the water bath and cool 15 minutes on a wire rack. Unmold pudding onto a serving platter. Serve with kirsch-flavored whipped cream, if desired.

CRANBERRY STEAMED PUDDING

Steps:

• Generously butter a 7 1/2-cup steam-pudding mold, and set aside. In a large saucepan, combine cranberries, sugar, 1/4 cup kirsch, and cinnamon stick. Set over medium-high heat, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium, and simmer uncovered, stirring occasionally, for 10 to 12 minutes, or until cranberries break down and mixture thickens. Remove from heat, discard cinnamon stick, and cool.
• Evenly spread 1/2 cup of the cooled cranberry mixture onto the bottom of the pudding mold, and set aside. Meanwhile, prepare the hot-water bath: Fill a large, 11-by-5 1/4-inch pot one-third full with water. Set over high heat, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and keep at a simmer until pudding is ready to cook.
• In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter and sugar until light and creamy, about 4 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, then vanilla, mixing until completely blended.
• In three additions, alternate adding the dry ingredients and milk to the egg mixture, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients and blending well after each addition. Add dried cranberries and the remaining cranberry mixture to the batter, and mix until well blended. Pour batter into pudding mold to within 1/2 an inch of the top, and cover mold tightly with its lid (if the mold doesn't have a lid, cover with a round of parchment paper and then aluminum foil, and secure with a rubber band).
• Submerge a folded dish towel or a round sack onto the bottom of the large water-bath pot. Place the pudding mold into the water bath, resting on the towel, so that the water comes halfway up the sides of the mold. Cover the water bath, and gently simmer the pudding for about 2 hours and 20 minutes, or until pudding has set and a knife inserted into the center comes out clean.
• Remove pudding mold from the water bath and cool 15 minutes on a wire rack.
• Meanwhile, pour cream into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Add the remaining 2 tablespoons kirsch and sifted confectioners' sugar. Whip on high speed until stiff peaks form, about 45 seconds to 1 minute. Unmold pudding onto a serving platter. Serve with kirsch-flavored whipped cream.

STEAMED CRANBERRY PUDDING

Steps:

• Butter a 2-quart steamed pudding mold and line it with wax paper and then butter and flour the paper. In a food processor coarsely chop cranberries. Transfer to a bowl and add almonds, sugar, flour, orange zest, ginger, cinnamon and allspice and combine. In another bowl mix bread crumbs, melted butter, milk, eggs, baking powder, sugar and salt. Combine the bread crumb mixture with the cranberry mixture.
• Spoon the batter into the prepared mold, a little at a time, tapping the mold as it is filled to eliminate any air bubbles. Cover the mold tightly with a lid and tie with a towel wrung out in cold water and floured. Tie a knot at the top of the towel to facilitate removal of the mold from the kettle.
• Set a rack in the bottom of a kettle and add enough simmering water to reach 3 inches up the sides of the mold. Transfer the mold to the kettle. Keep the water at a brisk but not a rolling boil on the stove top. Cover the kettle with a lid.
• Steam the pudding for 2 hours, checking occasionally to make certain the water remains at a boil, adding more water throughout the cooking process as necessary.
• To test for doneness, insert a skewer in the center of the pudding. It should come out with crumbs adhering to it. Return the lid to the mold and transfer it to a rack. The pudding will stay warm in the mold, covered, for several hours.
• To make the glaze combine cranberry juice, sugar and salt in a saucepan. Simmer the juice, stirring, until the sugar has dissolved. Bring the mixture to a boil and swirl gently until a candy thermometer reads 250 degrees. Add whole cranberries and remove the pan from the heat.
• Let the glaze cool and then chill it, covered, until ready to serve. To serve, unmold the pudding onto a serving plate and pour the cranberry glaze over it.

STEAMED CRANBERRY PUDDING (ADAPTED FROM GOURMET'S BEST DESSERTS)

Steps:

• Butter a 2-quart steamed pudding mold and line it with wax paper and then butter and flour the paper. In a food processor coarsely chop cranberries. Transfer to a bowl and add almonds, sugar, flour, orange zest, ginger, cinnamon and allspice and combine.
• In another bowl mix bread crumbs, melted butter, milk, eggs, baking powder, sugar and salt. Combine the bread crumb mixture with the cranberry mixture.
• Spoon the batter into the prepared mold, a little at a time, tapping the mold as it is filled to eliminate any air bubbles. Cover the mold tightly with a lid and tie with a towel wrung out in cold water and floured. Tie a knot at the top of the towel to facilitate removal of the mold from the kettle.
• Set a rack in the bottom of a kettle and add enough simmering water to reach 3 inches up the sides of the mold. Transfer the mold to the kettle. Keep the water at a brisk but not a rolling boil on the stove top. Cover the kettle with a lid.
• Steam the pudding for 2 hours, checking occasionally to make certain the water remains at a boil, adding more water throughout the cooking process as necessary.
• To test for doneness, insert a skewer in the center of the pudding. It should come out with crumbs adhering to it. Return the lid to the mold and transfer it to a rack. The pudding will stay warm in the mold, covered, for several hours.
• To make the glaze combine cranberry juice, sugar and salt in a saucepan. Simmer the juice, stirring, until the sugar has dissolved. Bring the mixture to a boil and swirl gently until a candy thermometer reads 250 degrees. Add whole cranberries and remove the pan from the heat.
• Let the glaze cool and then chill it, covered, until ready to serve.
• To serve, unmold the pudding onto a serving plate and pour the cranberry glaze over it.
• Suggested drink: Mulled wine

STEAMED CRANBERRY PUDDING WITH ORANGE MARMALADE SAUCE

Steps:

• Pudding:.
• Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, ginger, nutmeg and cloves in a small bowl with a whisk. Set aside.
• Beat the sugar, brown sugar, butter, vanilla and egg in a large bowl at medium speed of a mixer until well blended (about 2 minutes).
• Add flour mixture to the sugar mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• Stir in cranberries, raisins and pecans.
• Spoon batter into a 6-cup steamed-pudding mold coated with cooking spray. Cover tightly with lid (also coated with cooking spray) and secure tightly. Place mold on a shallow rack in a stockpot; add enough hot water to come halfway up sides of mold. Cover and steam over medium-low heat for 2 1/2 hours or until a wooden pick inserted in the center of the pudding comes out almost clean, adding additional water as needed.
• Cool on wire rack for 10 minutes.
• Invert mold onto a platter and slice pudding. Serve pudding warm with Orange Marmalade Sauce (recipe below).
• Sauce Recipe: Combine low-fat milk, sugar, cornstarch and egg in the top of a double boiler; stir well with a whisk.
• Cook over simmering water until thick (about 6 minutes); stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat and stir in marmalade, butter, orange rind and vanilla. Serve warm over the pudding.

STEAMED CRANBERRY PUDDING WITH BUTTER SAUCE

Steps:

• To prepare pudding, butter a 6-cup soufflé dish. Set aside a large pot with a lid that will hold a water bath.
• 2. Place cranberries in a medium saucepan. Cover with water. Cover and cook over medium heat until cranberries begin to burst and water is absorbed, about 15 minutes.
• 3. Beat together egg, sugar and molasses. Combine baking soda and 1/3 cup hot water; stir well. Add to egg mixture. Combine salt and flour; add to egg mixture. Do not overmix. Stir in cranberries.
• 4. Pour batter into prepared soufflé dish. Cover with foil. Place dish in the large pot. Add several inches of water. Cover pot and bring water to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer 70 to 90 minutes, until firm. Unmold onto a serving platter.
• 5. To prepare sauce, combine all ingredients in a saucepan. Cook over low heat until thickened, about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Place warm sauce in a bowl or pitcher to pass with the pudding.

STEAMED CRANBERRY PUDDING WITH VANILLA SAUCE

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine all pudding ingredients in order given. Pour into a well-greased 4-cup pudding mold. Place in a stockpot on a rack. Fill stockpot with boiling water to 1-in. depth; cover stockpot and boil gently. Replace water as needed. Steam about 1 hour or until pudding tests done. Let stand 5 minutes before unmolding. , Meanwhile, for sauce, combine sugar, cornstarch and salt in a saucepan. Add cream and butter. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture begins to boil. Boil for about 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. Serve pudding and sauce warm.

STEAMED CRANBERRY PUDDING WITH HOMEMADE VANILLA SAUCE

Steps:

• Grease a 2-quart metal pudding mold well or a clean 1-pound coffee can. Pick over whole cranberries; wash and drain.
• Sift flour into a bowl and dredge cranberries in flour mixture.
• Dissolve baking soda in hot water; stir in molasses and allow to foam up. Add to the flour and cranberry mixture and stir until well blended. Spoon into the prepared mold; cover with a double layer of aluminum foil and fasten with heavy elastic band or string.
• Place into a deep saucepan and fill with water up to about the halfway mark on the mold. Cover the saucepan and place over high heat; bring water to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until pudding is firm and a toothpick inserted into the pudding comes out clean, 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Remove from the water and allow to cool.
• Invert pudding onto a pie plate and carefully remove from the mold before it cools.
• While the pudding is cooling, combine sugar, butter, cream, and vanilla in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until sauce has thickened, making sure it doesn't boil over, about 5 minutes. Serve warm sauce over the pudding.

STEAMED CRANBERRY PUDDING

Steps:

• Mix together, then pour into a greased tin melon mold only two-thirds full. Steam for 1 1/2 hours.
• When cooked, serve with a sauce or glaze of your choice.