Orange and ginger self-saucing pudding
Treat yourself and the family with an orange and ginger self-saucing pudding. It can be made gluten free and low FODMAP. A lower-sugar take on traditional saucy pud, this winter dessert is simply divine!
Serves: 8
Time to make: 1 hr
Hands-on time: 25 mins
Total cost: $6.96 / $0.87 per serve
(at time of publication)
Ingredients
- 1¼ cups self-raising flour
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- ¼ cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons ground almonds
- 2 oranges, zest and juice
- ¼ cup crystallised ginger, chopped
- 5 tablespoons (70g) reduced-fat spread, melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence or paste
- 150ml skim milk
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- 2 teaspoons sifted icing sugar, to serve
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Instructions
1 Preheat oven to 170°C. Lightly grease a 1-litre capacity baking dish.
2 Into a bowl, sift flour and ground ginger. Stir in sugar, almonds, orange zest and half of 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 dish 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 over pudding.
5 Bake for 30-35 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 pudding warm.
Variations
Make it gluten free: Use gluten-free flour and check ground ginger and icing sugar is 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 instead of trim milk.
Nutrition Info (per serve)
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Calories 236cal
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Kilojoules 990kJ
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Protein 5g
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Total fat 7g
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–Saturated fat 1g
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Carbohydrates 35g
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–Sugars 22g
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Dietary fibre 2g
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Sodium 110mg
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Calcium 70mg
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Iron 0.5mg
Note: This nutrition analysis is a guide only. Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. See our guides on your optimal daily nutrition intake, and supermarket shopping.
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Delicious winter pud. Had no oranges Replaced with mandarins and orange juice.