Sticky Date Pudding…………… from Stephanie Alexander..
Is there anything better on a cold winter’s night than tucking into naughty but nice sticky date pudding?
You need
170g Dates, pitted
1 teaspoon Bicarb soda
60g Butter
170g Caster sugar
2 Eggs
170g Self raising flour
1/2 teaspoon Vanilla essence
300ml Boiling water
18cm square tin
Sauce
150g Brown sugar
150ml Cream
1 Vanilla bean
50g Butter
·Preheat the oven to about 180
·Moisterise a cake tin
·Chop up the dates
·Then mix dates and bicarb soda in a bowl ( not on a bench; makes a mess)
·Pour 300ml boiling water over dates and leave to stand and have a little think about life.
·In another bowl throw in the soft butter, sugar and eggs and beat them till they are creamed
·Fold in the flour ever so gently and then
·stir in dates and add vanilla.
·Pour into a cake tin
·And toss in the oven at 180 for about 30 - 40 minutes.
Now for the sauce …make it just before serving the pudding so it’s gorgeous, sticky, hot and delicious
·Throw the sugar, cream, and butter in a saucepan and bring to the boil.
·Simmer for about 5 minutes
·Cut the pudding into big chunky servings and pour over the hot sticky sauce.
·Go on have two servings, then lick the spoon and say a prayer of thanks to one of the great joys of life.
·NB: The next day go for a run, do a workout, play 3 games of tennis, then do a couple of laps of the pool. ( Equals one serving)
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