A delicious classic.
Ingredients
- 350g fresh rhubarb , cut into 4cm lengths
- 200g caster sugar
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 125g unsalted butter
- few drops natural vanilla extract
- 2 medium eggs , beaten
- 175g self-raising flour
Method
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Cook the rhubarb with 75g/2¾oz of the sugar and the ginger over a gentle heat for 2-3 mins until just starting to soften. Remove from heat.
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Grease a 900ml pudding basin. Put butter and remaining sugar in a bowl and cream together. Stir in vanilla extract, then beat in eggs, a little at a time. Sift in flour and carefully fold into the mixture.
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Spoon rhubarb into the bottom of the basin, then spoon the sponge mixture on top and level off surface.
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Butter a piece of greaseproof paper slightly bigger than the top of the pudding basin. Make a pleat in the centre and secure over the top of basin. Repeat with a piece of foil, then secure the whole thing with string. Place in a pan half filled with simmering water. Cover and cook for 1½ hrs, checking regularly that the pan does not boil dry. Remove cover, invert the pudding onto a plate, then carefully lift off the pudding basin. Serve with crème fraîche or single cream.