Easy English Summer Pudding Recipe

Name: Easy English Summer Pudding
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 745 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 tbsp. water; 5 oz./150 g caster sugar; 1 lb./450 g summer fruits (as available, washed and mixed); 4 to 6 oz./100 to 150 g white bread (sliced and crusts removed); 2 cups whipped cream (or custard)

Prep: 20 mins

Cook: 5 mins

Overnight setting if poss: 12 hrs

Total: 12 hrs 25 mins

Servings: 4 servings

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When you have an abundance of summer berry fruits on your hands, one of the best ways of serving them is in an English Summer Pudding. The recipe is so easy, and the results are so delicious, you won't be able to resist. It contains all the tastes of summer in one dish!

Which berries you use is up to you. Soft summer fruits suitable for Summer Pudding must have a rich, strong, color and flavor. Great berries to use include raspberries, strawberries, red and blackcurrants, damsons, and blackberries. The berry juice is also very important, so make sure your berries are ripe. You can also use a mix of frozen berries too, just make sure they are thoroughly defrosted before you use them.

Use a good loaf of bread for the pudding. Cheap, sliced bread gives totally the wrong texture.

2 tablespoons water
3/4 cup (150 grams) superfine sugar
1 pound (450 grams) mixed summer fruits, as available, washed
4 to 6 ounces (100 to 150 grams) white bread, sliced and crusts removed
2 cups whipped cream, or custard

Gather the ingredients.
Stir the water and sugar together and bring to a gentle boil. Add all the berries and fruits except the strawberries. Stew the fruits very gently and not for too long. They should simply be softened but still retain their shape. Once you feel they are ready put them to one side (juice and all) and leave to cool.
Cut the slices of bread into half—each half into triangles. They do not all have to match perfectly; you will use these to line a 1 1/2-pint (700-milliliter) pudding.
Start by lining your pudding basin with cling film. Then continue by dipping a couple of triangles in the juices of the stewed fruits. Lay these in the bottom of the dish and then continue the same way but lining the sides of the basin with bread slices ensuring there are no gaps.
Once completed, fill with the stewed fruits including the strawberries. Cover the top with more juice dipped bread slices. Make sure not to add too much of the juices from the fruits as this may cause the bread to lose its shape. There must be enough to soak into the bread, though.
Place a saucer on the top of the basin and weigh down with something heavy like a tin of tomatoes or beans is ideal. Place in the refrigerator and leave overnight.
The next day, turn the pudding out onto a pretty serving plate and serve with either the whipped cream or make some lovely custard sauce. If you are lucky enough to have scorching sunny weather, then serve with ice cream.
Enjoy.

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Nutrition Facts (per serving)
498	Calories
7g	Fat
100g	Carbs
10g	Protein

Nutrition Facts
Servings: 4
Amount per serving
Calories	498
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 7g	9%
Saturated Fat 3g	16%
Cholesterol 72mg	24%
Sodium 329mg	14%
Total Carbohydrate 100g	37%
Dietary Fiber 3g	12%
Total Sugars 58g
Protein 10g
Vitamin C 51mg	253%
Calcium 276mg	21%
Iron 2mg	13%
Potassium 600mg	13%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.