Steamed Cranberry Pudding With Orange Marmalade Sauce

Total Time: 2 hrs 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/8 teaspoon clove
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup dark brown sugar, packed
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 cup low-fat milk
• 1 1/2 cups fresh cranberries, coarsely chopped
• 1/2 cup golden raisin
• 3 tablespoons pecans, chopped
• 1 3/4 cups low-fat milk
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 large egg
• 2 tablespoons orange marmalade
• 1 teaspoon butter, softened
• 1/2 teaspoon orange rind, grated
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 pudding:.
• 2 combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, ginger, nutmeg and cloves in a small bowl with a whisk. set aside.
• 3 beat the sugar, brown sugar, butter, vanilla and egg in a large bowl at medium speed of a mixer until well blended (about 2 minutes).
• 4 add flour mixture to the sugar mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• 5 stir in cranberries, raisins and pecans.
• 6 spoon batter into a 6-cup steamed-pudding mold coated with cooking spray. cover tightly with lid (also coated with cooking spray) and secure tightly. place mold on a shallow rack in a stockpot; add enough hot water to come halfway up sides of mold. cover and steam over medium-low heat for 2 1/2 hours or until a wooden pick inserted in the center of the pudding comes out almost clean, adding additional water as needed.
• 7 cool on wire rack for 10 minutes.
• 8 invert mold onto a platter and slice pudding. serve pudding warm with orange marmalade sauce (recipe below).
• 9 sauce recipe: combine low-fat milk, sugar, cornstarch and egg in the top of a double boiler; stir well with a whisk.
• 10 cook over simmering water until thick (about 6 minutes); stirring constantly.
• 11 remove from heat and stir in marmalade, butter, orange rind and vanilla. serve warm over the pudding.