Steamed Chocolate Gingerbread Pudding Recipes

STEAMED CHOCOLATE PUDDING

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar until crumbly. Beat in egg. Stir in chocolate. Combine the flour, salt, cream of tartar and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well just until combined. , Pour into a well-greased 7-cup pudding mold; cover. Place mold on a rack in a stockpot; add 1 in. of hot water to pan. Bring to a gentle boil; cover and steam for 2 to 2-1/4 hours or until top springs back when lightly touched, adding water as needed. , Remove mold to a wire rack; cool for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch and salt. Stir in water until smooth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in the butter, vanilla and nutmeg. , Unmold pudding onto a serving plate; cut into wedges. Serve warm with sauce.

STEAMED CHOCOLATE-GINGERBREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Set a steamer insert into a large pot. Set an 8-cup steam pudding mold on steamer insert. Fill pot with enough water to reach halfway up sides of mold. Remove mold, and bring water to a boil.
• Butter mold. Whisk together flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cloves.
• Beat butter, sugar, and orange zest with a mixer on medium speed until pale and fluffy, about 4 minutes. With machine running, add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until combined. Reduce speed to low; mix in flour mixture in 3 additions, alternating with molasses, beginning and ending with flour. Mix in chocolate.
• Evenly spread marmalade in bottom of prepared pudding mold. Pour in batter. Cover mold with lid or a clean kitchen towel secured with kitchen twine. Place mold onto insert set in boiling water. Reduce heat, and simmer. Cover, and steam until a cake tester inserted into center comes out clean, 2 to 2 1/2 hours, checking occasionally to make sure water level is maintained (add hot water as needed).
• Remove mold from steamer, and let cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Invert onto a serving plate. Serve warm or at room temperature, with vanilla-bean creme anglaise.

LITTLE STEAMED GINGER PUDDINGS WITH COCONUT CUSTARD

Steps:

• Lightly butter 4 (8-ounce) pudding basins. In the bowl of a heavy-duty mixer or in a medium bowl using a hand held mixer, cream the butter and sugar together until the mixture is pale and creamy, about 5 minutes. Add the eggs, a little at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in the crystallized ginger. Fold in a few spoonfuls of the sifted flour into the bowl, alternating with spoonfuls of the milk, until both ingredients are used up and you have a smooth batter. Divide the pudding among the basins.
• Quarter a sheet of parchment paper and fold a thin pleat down the middle of each mini-sheet. Place a piece over each basin and tie them down with string. Place the puddings in a steamer over a saucepan of gently simmering water and steam for 40 minutes or until the puddings are cooked through. Check the water level in the saucepan from time to time, adding more as needed. Switch off the heat and serve the puddings with the coconut custard and a sprinkling of crystallized ginger.
• In a small pan, whisk together the coconut cream, egg yolks, sugar, and cornstarch. Stir, without boiling, over low heat for 5 to 10 minutes, or until the custard has thickened enough to coat the back of your wooden spoon.

STEAMED CHOCOLATE PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a bowl cream together butter and sugar until pale and fluffy, beat in the eggs a little at a time, beating well after each addition. Sift the flour, salt and cocoa powder into the creamed mixture and fold in with a metal spoon. Stir in the chopped chocolate until evenly combined. Lightly grease 6 individual pudding ramekins. Divide the prepared mixture evenly into the greased ramekins. Place the ramekins in a roasting pan. Pour boiling water into the roasting pan to come halfway up the side of the ramekins.
• Bake in preheated oven for 50 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the mixture comes out clean. Let rest them for a couple of minutes and remove from the ramekin.
• For the chocolate terrine:
• Melt together chocolate and butter and let it cool down slightly. When warm stir in 4 yolks. Sift sugar and cocoa powder and stir into the chocolate mixture gently. Whip heavy cream and egg whites to soft peak separately. Fold into the chocolate mixture and set it in a lined terrine mold. Refrigerate and use next day.

STEAMED CHOCOLATE PUDDING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F
• Butter a 5-cup pudding bowl, and set aside
• Combine 5 tablespoons sugar with salt, flour, and cocoa in a large bowl. Set aside
• Combine chocolate and butter in a heat-proof bowl, and melt over simmering water
• In a small saucepan, bring milk just to a simmer. Immediately add to chocolate mixture. Beat egg yolks. Stir a little chocolate mixture into yolks; add yolks to mixture. Add vanilla; stir until well combined. Stir into flour mixture
• Beat whites with remaining 3 tablespoons sugar until stiff, and fold into batter. Pour into pudding bowl, and place on a rack in a deep roasting pan. Pour boiling water into pan halfway up the sides of the bowl. Bake until pudding is set, 40 to 45 minutes. Add boiling water to pan as necessary to maintain water level
• Let cool slightly in the bowl, and invert onto a plate. Garnish with hazelnuts.
• Enjoy!

IRISH STEAMED CHOCOLATE PUDDING

Steps:

• Fill the kettle and set it on to boil.
• Melt the chocolate and butter together; set aside.
• Beat the egg whites until foamy, gradually add 1/2 cup sugar (still beating), then beat to soft peaks; set aside.
• Beat the egg yolks, gradually adding the remaining sugar.
• Continue beating until the mixture has about tripled in volume, and the sugar is dissolved. The yolks should look light yellow.
• Add the chocolate mix to the yolks, beating until blended.
• Then add the flour, beating on low speed until thoroughly mixed.
• Fold the mixture into the egg whites.
• When completely mixed, pour into a very well greased 7 cup pudding basin, or a bowl suitable for use on the stove.
• If using the bowl, construct a lid as follows: Cut a piece of wax paper large enough to cover the bowl, with some excess for folding. Fold a one inch pleat in the middle of the wax paper. Do the same with a piece of aluminum foil. Cover the bowl with the wax paper, then with the foil, lining up the pleats. Secure with kitchen twine; cut off any excess.
• You may wish to construct a lifter out of twine, or you can use two spatulas to lift the pudding.
• Pour about two inches of water into a pot large enough to fit your pudding basin. Place the basin inside and cover the pot.
• Keep the water in the pot boiling for about 1 1/2 to 2 hours. (You will need to add more boiling water from the kettle from time to time.).
• The pudding will be firm and cakelike on top when it is finished. If you are not sure, boil it longer, it can't be overdone.
• Once it is ready, let it cool for a few minutes in the basin, then turn it out on a plate.
• You may serve it warm or let it "age" in an airtight container, which will richen the flavor.

STEAMED CHOCOLATE SPONGE PUDDING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325 degrees. Butter a 5-cup pudding bowl, and set aside.
• Combine 5 tablespoons sugar with salt, flour, and cocoa in a large bowl. Set aside.
• Combine chocolate and butter in a heat-proof bowl, and melt over simmering water.
• In a small saucepan, bring milk just to a simmer. Immediately add to chocolate mixture. Beat egg yolks. Stir a little chocolate mixture into yolks; add yolks to mixture. Add vanilla; stir until well combined. Stir into flour mixture.
• Beat whites with remaining 3 tablespoons sugar until stiff, and fold into batter. Pour into pudding bowl, and place on a rack in a deep roasting pan. Pour boiling water into pan halfway up the sides of the bowl. Bake until pudding is set, 40 to 45 minutes. Add boiling water to pan as necessary to maintain water level.
• Let cool slightly in the bowl, and invert onto a plate. Garnish with hazelnuts.

STEAMED CARAMEL BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Melt butter in a small pan over medium heat. Add 1 cup sugar and stir occasionally until dissolved. Stop stirring once the mixture comes to a boil. Stay near the stove to monitor the color, swirling the pan gently to redistribute caramel as sugar begins to darken. Cook to about 310 degrees F (160 degrees C) or until the sugar turns light golden brown, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove from heat immediately, as sugar will continue to darken.
• Combine bread cubes, milk, condensed milk, eggs, vanilla, 1 teaspoon sugar, cinnamon, cardamom, and coriander in a blender; puree everything together. Pour batter on top of caramel.
• Place a steamer insert into a saucepan and fill with water to just below the bottom of the steamer. Bring water to a boil.
• Cover bread pudding and place in the steamer; cook until a knife comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool to room temperature, 45 minutes to an hour. Cool in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
• Remove from the refrigerator and turn out onto a plate to serve.