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Chocolate Self-saucing Pudding

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Here’s my second experiment with baking sponges in the pressure cooker. This time, I decided to make a chocolate pudding and wanted to try out the idea of one with a sauce. I wasn’t sure what the result would be in the pressure cooker, but it worked out perfectly and was delicious.

CHOCOLATE SELF-SAUCING PUDDING

INGREDIENTS

For the sauce:

  • 2 tbsp cocoa
  • 50 g soft brown sugar
  • 200 ml hot water

For the sponge:

  • 80 g soft butter
  • 80 g soft light brown sugar
  • 65 g self-raising flour
  • 3 tbsp cocoa powder
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • 3 eggs

METHOD

  1. Butter the pudding basin.
  2. Make the sauce by putting the cocoa and sugar into a small bowl and using a wooden spoon mix in some of the hot water to make a smooth, runny sauce.
  3. Put all the pudding ingredients into a mixing bowl and beat until smooth.
  4. Pour the pudding mixture into the basin and pour the sauce mixture over the top.
  5. Cover with foil and tie a piece of string around the top to secure..
  6. Put 2 cups of boiling water in the pressure cooker and place a silicone mat on the bottom.
  7. Gently place the pudding basin on the bottom of the cooker.
  8. Cover the basin with a small plate and close the lid of the pressure cooker.
  9. Bring up to pressure and then turn down the heat and cook for 30 minutes.
  10. Quick release the pressure.
  11. Serve with vanilla ice cream or cream.

Steamed Orange Sponge Pudding in the Pressure Cooker

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I’ve been enjoying experimenting with the mini-oven which we can use with the solar power but today there were cloudy skies and much needed rain.

I decided to bake a steamed sponge in the pressure cooker and looked around for some ideas. I first thought about cooking it in the normal way in a pan with boiling water but the recipes I looked at said it would take 2.5 hours. I didn’t have that much time so wanted to find a quicker method using the pressure cooker.

I made this and it came out fine.

STEAMED ORANGE SPONGE PUDDING

INGREDIENTS

  • 100g butter
  • 100g brown sugar
  • 100g self-raising flour
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 orange, zested and juiced
  • 4 tablespoons of marmalade

METHOD

  1. Boil some water in a kettle.
  2. Butter a pudding bowl.
  3. Cream together the butter and the sugar.
  4. Beat in the eggs.
  5. Add the flour and stir thoroughly.
  6. Add the rest of the ingredients and 1 tablespoon of the orange juice and the zest, and mix well.
  7. Pour the mixture into the pudding bowl.
  8. Cover the top with foil and place a plate on top.
  9. Add the boiling water to the pressure cooker.
  10. Place a silicone mat on the bottom of the pressure cooker.
  11. Lower the pudding bowl gently into the pressure cooker. The water should come half way.
  12. Secure the lid of the pressure cooker and bring up to pressure.
  13. Turn down the heat and cook for 50 minutes.
  14. Turn off the heat and leave for 5 minutes.
  15. Quickly release the pressure and remove the pudding bowl.
  16. Check to see that it is cooked and pour the rest of the orange juice over the top.
  17. Serve with cream.

Rice pudding made with goats’ milk

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Rice pudding with goats' milk

Rice pudding with goats’ milk

INGREDIENTS:
2 litres goats’ milk
1 large cinnamon stick
1 orange, remove peel into strips
4 heaped dessert spoons sugar
300g pudding rice

Gently heat the milk in a saucepan until just below boiling point. Turn down and add the cinnamon and sugar and stir well until the sugar has dissolved. Add the strips of orange peel and sprinkle in the rice. Stir well. Simmer for 25-30 minutes or until the rice is cooked.

Divide the rice pudding into small bowls and sprinkle some ground cinnamon on each one. Serve with strawberry jam.