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Best Classic Christmas pudding in Toronto

Classic Christmas pudding

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Real ingredients (via TheMealDB): 50g Almonds, 2 large Bramley Apples, 200g Candied Peel, 1 whole Nutmeg, 1kg Raisins, 140g Plain Flour, 100g Breadcrumbs, 100g Muscovado Sugar, 3 Large Eggs, 2 tbs Brandy, 250g Butter

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Get everything for the pudding prepared. Chop the almonds coarsely. Peel, core and chop the cooking apples. Sharpen your knife and chop the candied peel. (You can chop the almonds and apples in a food processor, but the peel must be done by hand.) Grate three quarters of the nutmeg (sounds a lot but it's correct). Mix the almonds, apples, candied peel, nutmeg, raisins, flour, breadcrumbs, light muscovado sugar, eggs and 2 tbsp brandy or cognac in a large bowl.
 Holding the butter in its wrapper, grate a quarter of it into the bowl, then stir everything together. Repeat until all the butter is grated, then stir for 3-4 mins – the mixture is ready when it subsides slightly after each stir. Ask the family to stir too, and get everyone to make a wish.
 Generously butter two 1.2 litre bowls and put a circle of baking parchment in the bottom of each. Pack in the pudding mixture. Cover with a double layer of baking parchment, pleating it to allow for expansion, then tie with string (

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