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     Title: Plum Pudding
Categories: Diabetic, Desserts, Low-fat/cal
     Yield: 8 servings

     2 c  Wholewheat breadcrumbs            1/2 ts Salt
     1 c  Wholewheat flour                1 3/4 c  Carrots, grated
     1 ts Baking powder                       1 c  Green apples, grated
     1 c  Dried mixed fruit                 5/8 c  Skim milk
     1    Grated rind of 1 sm. orange         5 tb Gran. sugar-free sweetener
     1    Juice of 1 sm. orange               4 tb Margarine
     1    Grated rind of 1 lemon              1 ts Liquid gravy browning
     1    Juice of 1 lemon                    1    Egg, beaten
     2 ts Mixed baking spices                 2 tb Plus 2 tb. brandy
   1/2 ts Grated nutmeg                       1 ts Margarine to grease dish
   1/2 ts Ground cinnamon

 Mix all the dry ingredients together.  Add the carrots and apples.
 Put the milk, sweetener, margarine and gravy browning into a small
 saucepan and warm gently until the margarine has melted.

 Cool and add to the dry ingredients along with the fruit juice, egg
 and 2 tb. brandy.  Mix well together.  Pour into a greased baking
 dish, cover with a lid or foil.  Steam for 5 hours by placing covered
 dish in a heavy kettle over 1 inch of boiling water.  Cover kettle.

 Allow to cool, cover with foil and store in a cool dry place.  Use
 within 7-10 days.  Steam for 2 hours on the day the pudding is
 required.  To serve, warm 2 tb. reserved brandy in a large serving
 spoon or ladle, ignite and pour over pudding.

 The flamed pudding may be served with Clear Brandy Sauce or a
 sugar-free egg custard sauce, flavored with brandy.

 1/8 pudding = 220 cal, 30 grams carbohydrate, 5 grams fiber, 5 grams
 protein, 8 grams fat.

 SAUCE Blend the cornstarch with a little cold water and stir into the
 boiling water. Boil for 2-3 minutes, stirring. Remove from the heat
 and add brandy and sweetener.

 1/8 sauce = 50 cal, negligible carb.

 Source:  The Diabetics' Cookbook by Roberta Longstaff & Jim Mann 1984
 Shared but not tested by Elizabeth Rodier, Nov 93

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