Sticky Date Pudding
- making for 6-8 pc
- 1-1.5 hours
- oven, pan
For Date Pudding
Date paste
medjool dates 230 g
water 200 ml
tea bag 1 pc
bicarbonate soda 1 tsp
Wet Ingredient
butter 80 g
black treacle 2 tbsp
muscavado sugar 100 g
large eggs 2 pc
Dry Ingredient
plain flour 180 g
baking powder 2 tsp
salt 1 pinch
For Sauce
Ingredient
butter 80 g
muscavado sugar 150 g
black treacle 2 tbsp
double cream 200 ml
sherry wine 50 ml
Directions
Preheat oven at 150c and grease baking tin with oil
Roughly chop date
Add date, water, tea bag and soda into pan reduce until soft and thicken then remove tea bag
Whisk butter, treacle and sugar together then add egg one at a time
Add date paste into egg mix
Fold in dry ingredient
Bake at 150c for 30 mins until cooked through
Bring all sauce ingredients to boil
Serve with ice-cream and sauce
Principles
- Bicarbonate soda: helps soften dates
- Fold in flour: minimize gluten development result in lighter instead of tougher product
Notes
- 1 pound=16 ounces=453 g ; 1 tablespoon=15 g ; 1 teaspoon=5 g
- It is important to preheat oven in the beginning for pastry making
credit to chefthombateman