Sportsman's Pudding

"This simple, delicious dessert was originally named after a legendary South African rugby player! It's the kind of pudding which gets passed on from cook to cook over the years. Delicious, saucy and fattening!"
 
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Ready In:
50mins
Ingredients:
12
Serves:
6
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ingredients

  • Batter

  • 4.92 ml baking soda (5 ml bicarbonate of soda)
  • 118.29 ml milk (125 ml)
  • 198.44 g self-rising flour (200 g self-raising flour)
  • 99.22 g sugar, granulated (100 g white sugar)
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 29.58 ml apricot jam (the finely cooked preserve)
  • 29.58 ml very soft butter
  • 2.46 ml salt
  • Sauce

  • 236.59 ml water (250 ml)
  • 236.59 ml cream (250 ml)
  • 236.59 ml butter (about 230 g)
  • 4.92 ml vanilla
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directions

  • Heat oven to 350 deg F/180 deg Celsius.
  • Using a 2-quart oven dish, spray with nonstick spray.
  • Stir the soda into the milk.
  • Mix the rest of the batter ingredients in the order given, add the milk, and mix very well until the batter is smooth.
  • Ladle the batter into the prepared dish (it might look a bit large but it needs to be) and bake about 30 - 35 minutes, until well risen and nicely brown on top.
  • While it bakes, mix all the ingredients for the sauce in a pot, and stir until boiling.
  • When the pudding comes out of the oven, carefully and slowly pour the hot sauce over the pudding. Leave to stand a while so the sauce can be absorbed.
  • Serve warm or lukewarm, with thin custard or ice cream.

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Reviews

  1. Very good, but talk about a heart attack waiting to happen! Paul Dean would be proud of you *2 sticks of butter* !!! This is not a sweet pudding. But what I think keeps you coming back for more is the richness. DD could not stay out of it last night and neither could I!! I used corn syrup instead of sugar and took away a little of the milk. I feel it came out pretty good with the substitution. I made this for *Zaar World Tour 4* 2008 round 3 the *African Dessert Challenge* I'm playing on the team *Tastebud Tickling Travelers* Go team go!
     
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  1. Very good, but talk about a heart attack waiting to happen! Paul Dean would be proud of you *2 sticks of butter* !!! This is not a sweet pudding. But what I think keeps you coming back for more is the richness. DD could not stay out of it last night and neither could I!! I used corn syrup instead of sugar and took away a little of the milk. I feel it came out pretty good with the substitution. I made this for *Zaar World Tour 4* 2008 round 3 the *African Dessert Challenge* I'm playing on the team *Tastebud Tickling Travelers* Go team go!
     

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I'm a widow, retired, and I love cooking. I live on the coast in South Africa and I love seafood. You're welcome to my recipes (all kinds, definitely not just seafood!) Just remember that no recipe is ever cast in stone -- adjust to your taste! The photo was taken at a rustic seaside restaurant on our West Coast, approx 1 year ago (2016).
 
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