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Orange Marmalade and Macadamia Pudding

Serves: 8

Notes

A delightful steamed pudding, it can be made with any orange marmalade, but the best one would be homemade Seville orange marmalade. Could also be made with oranges, but without quite the impact. Although I include Australia’s own macadamia nut, blanched almonds could be used.

Ingredients

• 100g unsalted butter
• 150g sugar
• 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 100ml buttermilk
• 200g self-raising flour
• 50g chopped macadamia nuts
• 1 Tbsp orange liqueur, such as Cointreau or Grand Marnier (optional)
• 3 Tbsp orange marmalade

Method

Beat butter and sugar in a bowl until creamy and all sugar has dissolved. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Beat in 2 tablespoons of marmalade. Beat in buttermilk. Add orange liqueur, if using. Fold through flour and macadamia nuts (do not overwork). Put remaining spoonful of marmalade in bottom of a greased pudding basin. Pour in pudding mixture. Cover with a circle of non-stick baking paper. Tie on cloth. Put in large saucepan of hot water, which comes halfway up the bowl. Put lid on saucepan and simmer slowly for 2 hours.

Serve with freshly made custard, vanilla ice-cream, or cream.