Frozen Chocolate Christmas Pudding
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Australian
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Serves: 12
 
A frozen chocolate Christmas pudding
Ingredients
  • 1¼ cups red and green glace cherries
  • 1 cup raisins, chopped
  • 300g mixed glace fruit (such as pineapple, peach, apricots), chopped
  • ⅓ cup dark rum
  • 250g good-quality dark chocolate, chopped
  • 600ml thickened cream
  • 4 egg yolks
  • ⅓ cup caster sugar
  • ½ cup hazelnuts, roasted, chopped
Instructions
  1. Set 3 cherries aside to decorate. Halve remaining cherries and combine with raisins, glace fruit and rum in a bowl. Stir to combine. Cover and allow fruit to soak for 2 hours or overnight, if time permits.
  2. Line an 8-cup capacity pudding bowl with plastic wrap. Combine chocolate and 1 cup cream in a heatproof, microwavesafe bowl. Microwave, uncovered, on HIGH (100%) for 2 to 3 minutes, stirring every minute with a metal spoon, until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth. Set aside to cool for 15 minutes.
  3. Combine egg yolks and sugar in a large heatproof bowl. Using electric beaters, beat for 5 minutes or until pale and thick. Add cooled chocolate mixture and beat well. Place bowl over a saucepan of simmering water (make sure bowl does not touch water). Beat chocolate mixture on low speed for 5 minutes or until warm and thickened slightly. Remove from heat. Set aside for 20 minutes to cool.
  4. Whip remaining cream in a bowl until soft peaks form. Fold cream through cooled chocolate mixture. Stir in fruit mixture and hazelnuts. Spoon mixture into pudding bowl. Cover with foil and freeze overnight.
  5. Turn pudding onto a plate. Remove plastic. Decorate top with reserved cherries. Use a sharp knife to slice. Serve.
Recipe by Hotly Spiced at http://hotlyspiced.com/frozen-chocolate-christmas-pudding/