Quivey's Grove Gingerbread Steamed Pudding
with Brandy Cream Sauce and Maple Caramel

Gingerbread Steamed Pudding 

1/2 cup                        butter, melted
1/2 cup                        sugar
1                                  egg
1/2 cup                        molasses
1/2 cup                        honey
1 cup                           hot water
2 1/2 cups                    flour
1 1/2 tsp.                     baking soda
1 tsp.                           ginger
1 tsp                            cinnamon
1/2 tsp.                        salt
           

Lightly grease eight custard cups and place into a large open roasting pan.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Put the teakettle on to simmer.

 Beat the sugar and egg till fluffy.   Add butter and combine.  Sift dry ingredients together.  Combine molasses, honey and water.   Add alternately, dry and wet to egg mixture, stirring just to combine.    Fill custard cups two thirds full. Cover cups tightly with squares of foil.  Pour simmering water around cups, halway up sides.  Bake for 45 minutes to an hour until pudding springs back to touch, but remains moist. 

Maple Caramel 

1 cup                           Maple syrup
½ cup                          heavy cream

In small saucepan, bring maple syrup to a boil over med. heat.  Boil to softball stage on a candy thermometer (around 10 minutes).  Stir in cream and return to full boil for 2 min.  Remove and cool to room temperature.

Brandy Cream Sauce 

2½ cups                       sifted powdered sugar
2                                  egg
6 Tbl                            butter, melted  and cooled slightly
¼ tsp.                          salt
1½ tsp                         vanilla
2 TBL                          brandy
2 cup                           heavy cream, whipped

Beat powdered eggs, sugar, salt, brandy, and vanilla together.  Add melted butter and beat till smooth.  Fold in the whipped cream.

Assembly

Place some sauce in a large shallow bowl, center a warm pudding in bowl, top with more sauce, and a drizzle of maple caramel.

 

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