Caramel Apple Steamed Pudding Recipes

CARAMEL APPLE & WALNUT STEAMED PUDDING

Steps:

• Grease a pudding basin (mine measures 16cm across the top) with butter and put 2tbsp of your caramel in the bottom of the basin. Top with 2 tbsp of the nuts. Pack your apples in then coat with another 2 tbsp of the caramel. A bit more wouldn't hurt anyone ;)
• Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy and then beat your eggs in well.
• Sieve over your flour and fold in with the remaining walnuts. It will be a stiff mixture. Top the apples with the sponge mix.
• Take a square of foil and a piece of grease proof a few inches bigger than your basin and fold a pleat down the centre. Brush with melted butter or spray with oil on the paper side then fold it this side on on around the pudding basin. Take a long length of string and tie the foil and paper on firmly, using the length to create a handle by looping from one side to the other, tying with a secure knot so you can get it out of the pan easily when cooked.
• Pop in a deep saucepan which is a snug fit for your pudding. Pour in boiling water to just over half way up the sides and bring to a simmer. Cover and cook for approximately 2 hours until the top has risen up and pushed the pleat apart a little and when you press with a tea towel covered finger (it will be very hot) it will spring back in the centre. If it doesn't, give it another 10 minutes of steaming and check again.
• As you will have about half a tin of condensed milk caramel left, you can warm it through to serve with the pudding or save it to make another. Serve with vanilla ice cream (Hungry Hubby's favourite), cold double cream (mine) or custard (most of the rest of the steamed pudding loving world's favourite accompaniment). I won't judge you if you chose more than one topping... ;)

CARAMEL APPLE STEAMED PUDDING

Steps:

• To make caramel: Combine sugar and water in a small, heavy saucepan; set over medium heat. Cover, and cook until sugar has melted. Remove cover, and continue cooking, swirling pan occasionally, until sugar turns a deep amber. Carefully pour caramel into pudding mold; tip so caramel coats mold evenly. Set mold aside.
• To make applesauce: Peel and core apples and cut into chunks. Place in a small saucepan along with water, sugar, and spices. Cook, covered, over low heat until apples fall apart, 10 to 12 minutes. Uncover, and cook 5 minutes more, stirring often. Set the applesauce aside.
• To make apple topping: Peel and core apples and cut into 1-inch chunks. Melt butter in a small saute pan and add apples and sugar. Cook over medium-high heat until apples turn brown on all sides, 3 to 5 minutes. Place apples in the bottom of the caramel-lined mold, distributing evenly so they reach up the sides.
• Choose a pot large enough to hold the pudding mold with a 2-inch space all around. Place a wire rack or a folded kitchen towel in the bottom of pot; fill with enough water to reach halfway up sides of mold. Cover pot, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer.
• To make pudding: In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream together butter and brown sugar. Add the eggs and molasses; mix well. Add the reserve applesauce, and mix well.
• In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, and salt; stir in breadcrumbs. Add to the applesauce mixture. Stir batter until just combined.
• Fill pudding mold with batter; clamp on lid. Place mold in a pot of simmering water. Cover pot, and cook until a toothpick inserted into middle of pudding comes out clean, about 1 hour 40 minutes. Check water often, keeping it at a steady, low simmer. Transfer mold to a wire rack to cool, 15 minutes.
• When ready to serve, invert the pudding onto a serving plate. If any of the apple chunks stick to the mold, remove them, and rearrange them on the top; slice.

CARAMEL APPLE PUDDING

Steps:

• Make the caramel apples: Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the apples, lemon juice, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt and cook, stirring occasionally, until the apples are tender and the liquid is reduced but saucy with the consistency of chunky applesauce, 15 to 20 minutes. Set aside to cool slightly.
• Meanwhile, make the whipped cream: In a large bowl, using a large whisk or an electric mixer, whisk the cream, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt until soft peaks form. (When you lift the whisk out of the bowl and turn it whisk-side up, a peak of cream should flop over onto itself.) Don't overbeat; you're looking for a soft-set whipped cream that drapes rather than plops.
• Assemble the pudding: In a medium bowl or other serving vessel (preferably clear), arrange one-third of the vanilla wafers at the bottom, top with half of the caramel apples, then spread with half of the whipped cream. Repeat these layers once more and end with a final sprinkle of crushed vanilla wafers on top. (If you want crunch, save this final sprinkle for right before serving.) Cover and refrigerate until the cookies are soft, about 8 hours and up to 24 hours.