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Citrus self-saucing puddings

This luxurious self-saucing pudding makes the most of tangy-sweet citrus and spicy ginger.

  • Hands-on time: 20 mins
  • Time to make: 55 mins
  • Serving: 8 people
Ratings: 5.0
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1¼ cups self-raising flour
    • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
    • ¼ cup sugar
    • 3 tablespoons ground almonds
    • 2 oranges, zest and juice
    • 1 lemon, zest
    • ¼ cup crystallised ginger, chopped
    • 5 tablespoons (70g) reduced-fat spread, melted
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla essence or paste
    • 150ml reduced-fat milk
    • 1 egg
    • ¼ cup maple syrup
    • 2 teaspoons sifted icing sugar, to serve
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Preheat oven to 170°C. Lightly grease 8 small ramekins.

    2 Into a bowl, sift flour and ground ginger. Stir in sugar, ground almonds, orange zest and half the crystallised ginger.

    3 In a bowl, combine spread, vanilla, milk and egg with 1 tablespoon of the maple syrup. Whisk into dry ingredients until smooth. Pour batter into prepared dishes and level surface with a knife.

    4 Into a jug, pour orange juice then top up with water to make 300ml. Stir in remaining maple syrup. Carefully pour mixture evenly over puddings.

    5 Bake for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown and firm to touch. The sauce will be bubbling at the edges. Remove from oven.

    6 Sprinkle with icing sugar and remaining ginger. Serve puddings warm.

     

    HFG tip

    Make it gluten free

    Use gluten-free flour and check ground ginger and icing sugar are gluten free.

    Make it low FODMAP

    Swap the self-raising flour for gluten-free self-raising flour and use lactose-free, almond or rice milk.

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