What’s Cooking in Gail’s Kitchen? The Food Whisperer: Traditional Plum Pudding! Everyone remembers Little Jack Horner’s fame from a childhood nursery rhyme: “He stuck in his thumb and pulled out a plum.” It’s hard to resist that urge while eating these sweet, fruity, luscious plums. To pull this off, do like my Gramma used to say, “Honey, just dump everything in the pan, stir a little bit, and bake.” Sometimes we try to make things too difficult.
TRADITIONAL PLUM PUDDING
Ingredients:
1 cup flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 tablespoon butter, melted
1/2 cup milk
4 cups ripe plums, pits removed, skin on, and sliced
1 cup natural honey
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350°. Spray a 2-quart ovenproof baking dish with nonstick oil. Combine flour, sugar, sea salt, and baking powder in the prepared dish. Whisk together. Add melted butter and milk. Stir well. Spread evenly across the bottom of the baking dish. In a saucepan over medium heat, combine the sliced plums and honey. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat and carefully pour over the pudding batter. Do not stir. Bake for 35-40 minutes until pudding is bubbly and golden brown. Remove from oven and serve warm with whipped cream.
Glad I have a plum tree.
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You’re making it real, Peggy. 💜🍃
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OMG 😍
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Right!?!? 💜🍃
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😋
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I’ve always wondered why, on Christmas day in the UK, “plum pudding” is served but there’s no plum in it…. 😜
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Hmmm. I have no idea. 🤔
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Lol. Cheers! 😊
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Yummy
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It’s wonderful with a scoop of ice cream on top. 🍨
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This looks so delicious. Granma knows best! 🙂
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Thank you for such a sweet comment. 🙏🏻🍃
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🙂
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Whatever you call it, it looks delicious.
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I agree. Plums are divine. 💜🍃
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Umm, you left out the Kikkoman Plum Wine! 😂
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How did I not know about this. Perhaps you should send me a bottle. 💜🍃🍷
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Looks fabulous, Gail. In my wife’s family, her great grandmother (who passed away when she was 102) was a cook in an English “big house.” So, her plum pudding recipe is very different to yours and is only passed on to the married women in that family. I must say, for quite a heavy pudding, even I like it – well the custard, cream and icecream have something to do with it too!
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What a treasure to have such a tradition. This is golden! 🌟✨💫
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You have created a holiday song in a dish, Gail.
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I remember how my mother would get me to clean my plate. Sometimes with song, sometimes with rhymes, and sometimes with gentle urging. 😜🎶🤔
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The method to her madness worked.
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If she only knew…..😜
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Haha!
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Very festive during the holidays. 🌲🌟🍒
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Yes, that is pudding as i know it. Yuuuuuummmmmyyy! 😉 xx Michael
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Fruit, cake, and ice cream. Deliciousness. 💜🍃
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