Frozen Chocolate Fruit Cake Pudding
- Ready In:
- 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 19
- Serves:
-
8-10
ingredients
- 95 g dried figs, chopped
- 40 g raisins, chopped
- 50 g dried prunes, chopped
- 60 g glace cherries
- 100 g dates, seeded and chopped
- 2 teaspoons lemon zest
- 125 ml brandy
- 125 g butter
- 75 g plain flour
- 110 g brown sugar
- 250 ml milk
- 600 ml heavy cream
- 220 g nutella, chocolate hazlenut spread
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 4 egg yolks
- 50 g hazelnuts, chopped coarsely
- 200 g dark chocolate, finely chopped
- 200 g dark chocolate, melted, extra
directions
- Combine fruit, rind and brandy in a large bowl; mix well.
- Cover tightly with plastic wrap; store in a cool, dark place overnight or up to a week, stirring daily.
- Line a 17.5cm, 1.75 litre (7 cup) pudding basin with plastic wrap, extending plastic wrap 5cm over edges of basin.
- Melt butter in as medium saucepan, add flour, stir over heat until bubbling.
- Remove from heat; stir in sugar, then milk and half the cream.
- Stir over medium heat until mixture thickens.
- Transfer to a large bowl, stir in spread, spices and yolks.
- Cover the surface of mixture with plastic wrap.
- Refrigerate for for 1 hour.
- Stir in fruit mixture, nuts and chopped chocolate.
- Beat remaining cream in a small bowl with an electric mixer until soft peaks form, fold into pudding mixture.
- Spoon mixture into prepared basin, tap basin lightly to remove bubbles.
- Cover with Foil and freeze for 3 hurs, or overnight.
- Turn pudding onto a tray;remove plastic wrap, return pudding to freezer.
- Cut a 35cm circle from a piece of paper to use as a guide; cover paper with plastic wrap.
- Spread melted chocolate over plastic wrap then quickly drape plastic, chocolate side down, over pudding.
- Quickly smooth with hands, avoiding deep pleats in the plastic.
- Freeze till firm.
- Peel asway plastic wrap; trim away excess chocolate.
- Serve with a selection of fresh or frozen seasonal fruit if desired.
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