Gooseberry Sussex Pond Pudding
This weekend I also faced my pies and tarts technical challenge from my bake off, which was set as a Sussex pond pudding. If you don't know what this classic dessert is, it's a steamed suet pastry pudding enclosing a mixture of butter and sugar which melt to become a 'pond' and usually features lemon to give it a distinct flavour. I decided to change it up slight and swap the lemon out for gooseberries to make it a bit lighter and provide a fruity taste. Recipe - Serves 6 125g self raising flour 50g vegetable suet 35ml milk 40ml water 100g gooseberries 50g butter, cubed 50g brown sugar Prepare a pudding basin by greasing lightly with butter and set aside. For the suet crust, put the flour and suet into a bowl. Add the milk and water to the suet and mix to make a soft dough. Lightly dust the work surface with flour. Remove one quarter for the lid then roll the rest out to a circle big enough to line the pudding basin. Line the pudding basin with pastry, lea...
