30 mins to 1 hour
10 to 30 mins
Serves 40
Hairy Bikers recipes
From Hairy Bikers' Meals on Wheels
Ingredients
- 250g/9oz golden syrup
- 875g/1lb 15oz butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
- 625g/1lb 6oz caster sugar
- 5 lemons, zest only
- 15 free-range eggs, lightly beaten
- 875g/1lb 15oz self-raising flour
- 250g/9oz currants
Method
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Generously butter the inside of five 1.2 litre/2 pint pudding basins.
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Beat the golden syrup, butter, sugar and lemon zest together in a mixer until light and fluffy.
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Beat in half the eggs followed by half the flour and when well combined, add the remaining eggs and flour then stir in the currants. The mixture should be at a just dropping consistency. Add a splash of milk if the mixture is too thick.
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Spoon the mixture into the pudding basins, only filling them three quarters full, then smooth the surface with the back of a spoon.
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Loosely cover with clingfilm, allowing room for the cling film to inflate as the mixture rises, and cook in the microwave for five minutes. The pudding is done when a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
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Leave to stand for five minutes then run a blunt knife around the edge of the pudding to loosen the sides, carefully invert onto a deep plate and remove the basin.