Mary Berry's Christmas pudding recipe

Name: Mary Berry's Christmas pudding recipe
Ingredients: 450g/1lb dried mixed fruit (use a mixture of sultanas, raisins, and snipped apricots); 1 small cooking apple, peeled, cored and roughly chopped; 1 orange, finely grated rind and juice; 3 tbsp brandy, sherry, or rum, plus extra for flaming; 75g/3oz butter, softened, plus extra for greasing; 100g/3½oz light muscovado sugar; 2 free-range eggs; 100g/4oz self-raising flour; 1 tsp mixed spice; 40g/1½oz fresh white breadcrumbs; 40g/1½oz whole shelled almonds, roughly chopped; 100g/3½oz unsalted butter, softened; 225g/8oz icing sugar, sieved; 3 tbsp brandy, rum or cognac; 4 tbsp brandy or rum

"Loaded with big pieces of fruit, Mary Berry's Christmas pudding recipe with brandy butter will win over the harshest critics. Don't skimp on the brandy!..."

INGREDIENTS

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450g/1lb dried mixed fruit (use a mixture of sultanas, raisins, and snipped apricots)

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1 small cooking apple, peeled, cored and roughly chopped

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1 orange, finely grated rind and juice

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3 tbsp brandy, sherry, or rum, plus extra for flaming

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75g/3oz butter, softened, plus extra for greasing

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100g/3½oz light muscovado sugar

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2 free-range eggs

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100g/4oz self-raising flour

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1 tsp mixed spice

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40g/1½oz fresh white breadcrumbs

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40g/1½oz whole shelled almonds, roughly chopped

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100g/3½oz unsalted butter, softened

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225g/8oz icing sugar, sieved

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3 tbsp brandy, rum or cognac

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4 tbsp brandy or rum

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