{"id":2830,"date":"2019-03-28T12:17:10","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T12:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevillagedirectory.co.uk\/?p=2830"},"modified":"2019-03-28T12:17:10","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T12:17:10","slug":"mincemeat-sponge-puddings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/?p=2830","title":{"rendered":"Mincemeat &#038; Sponge Puddings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Mincemeat-Sponge-Puddings.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2831 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Mincemeat-Sponge-Puddings.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Mincemeat-Sponge-Puddings.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Mincemeat-Sponge-Puddings-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With Christmas just around the corner there will be plenty of jars of rich and fruity mincemeat in the shops \u2013 perfect for adding to mini sponge puddings.<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Serves 4. Ready in 1 hour 10 minutes<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Ingredients:<\/span><br \/>\n\u2022 Ready in 1hour 10 minutes<br \/>\n\u2022 115g unsalted butter, softened, plus extra for greasing<br \/>\n\u2022 6 tbsp good quality mincemeat<br \/>\n\u2022 115g caster sugar<br \/>\n\u2022 Zest of \u00bd orange or lemon<br \/>\n\u2022 2 medium eggs, beaten<br \/>\n\u2022 125g self-raising flour, sifted<br \/>\n\u2022 1 tbsp milk<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Method<\/span><br \/>\n1. Thoroughly grease 4 x 175ml pudding basins with butter. Divide the mincemeat between the basins. Preheat the oven to 190C\/fan 170C\/gas mark 5.<br \/>\n2. Place the butter and sugar in a bowl and beat together until pale and creamy. Beat in the orange or lemon zest then gradually beat in the eggs, adding 1tbsp of the flour if the mixture starts to curdle. Fold in the rest of the flour with the milk to give a soft dropping consistency.<br \/>\n3. Divide the mixture between the pudding basins and cover each with a square of pleated buttered foil, scrunching it tightly around the sides of each basin. Transfer to a large roasting tin and pour in enough boiling water to come halfway up the sides of the basins.<br \/>\n4. Bake for 45-50 minutes or until risen and firm to the touch. Leave in the basins for 5 minutes then turn out onto serving plates. Serve with cream or custard, if liked.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">TIP<\/span><br \/>\nSpice up the sponge mixture by adding 2 tsp ground cinnamon and \u00bd tsp ground nutmeg instead of the orange or lemon zest and replace the caster sugar with light soft brown sugar, if liked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; With Christmas just around the corner there will be plenty of jars of rich and fruity mincemeat in the shops \u2013 perfect for adding to mini sponge puddings. Serves 4. Ready in 1 hour 10 minutes &nbsp; &nbsp; Ingredients: \u2022 Ready in 1hour 10 minutes \u2022 115g unsalted butter, softened, plus extra for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2831,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cakes-puddings","category-recipes","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2830"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2832,"href":"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2830\/revisions\/2832"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}