Matt and his millionaire Christmas pudding, which doesn’t look particularly appealing. considering the cost involved
How to really impress your guests over Christmas
Below is the recipe for Michelin star chef Matt Worswick’s £10 000 Christmas pudding. You can, of course, use much cheaper ingredients like ordinary brandy and forgo the 23-kart gold leaf and silver spray. In other words make the pauper’s version.
Otherwise it sounds a reasonable enough recipe and, while time-consuming, to make, should give good results. After all he is a Michelin star chef.
Kumquat’s play a starring role in this millionaire’s pudding.
INGREDIENTS
- 400ml of XO brandy
- 450g beef suet
- 335g breadcrumbs
- 335g dark brown sugar
- 450g currants
- 450g golden sultanas
- 450g raisins
- 225g chopped almonds
- 8 prunes
- 100g dates
- 1 carrot grated
- 1 large bramley apple grated
- Pinch of table salt
- 1 tsp mixed spiced
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 1 lemon zest and juice
- 1 orange zest and juice
- 8 kumquats
- 2 ltr water
- 2 kg Demerara sugar
- 3 cloves
- 2 star anise
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 tin silver spray
- 1 packet real gold leaf
METHOD
- Blanch the kumquats in water for three minutes then refresh in cold water.
- Repeat this process five times until the kumquats are soft.
- Mix the water, Demerara sugar and spices and boil in a pot.
- Add the refreshed kumquats and simmer until for approx 25 minutes.
- Remove the kumquats and let them air dry overnight on a resting rack.
- Butter four small ramekin moulds.
- Mix the ingredients well and fill the moulds half way up with pudding mix.
- Add one kumquat per mould, then cover and bury the kumquat with the rest of the pudding mix. The moulds should be 3/4 full.
- Cover the tops with baking paper, cover the mould again with tin foil and wrap with string.
- Place the bowl in simmering water just enough to reach 3/4 up the side of the mould. Simmer for 8 hours.
- Once cooked and ready to serve, spray your Christmas pudding silver and add the gold leaf for an extravagant feel.
- Dazzle your guests with the secret surprise inside.