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Slow cooker Christmas pudding?

(32 Posts)
pen50 Tue 16-Nov-21 10:35:01

I always do mine in the slow cooker and like LtEve I think it's almost impossible to overcook them. I've never needed to top up either. You could put a bit of foul between the lid and the pot to improve the seal if you're concerned - though I've never bothered.

SueDonim Mon 15-Nov-21 12:26:53

I’ve done both large and multiple small puddings in the slow cooker. It’s so easy. I find about eight hours is fine for a medium pudding and five or six hours for individual ones. It doesn’t seem possible to overcook them, though. smile

Nannarose Mon 15-Nov-21 11:45:27

I have always just bunged them in, with a bit of boiling water in the bottom and left them overnight, rather like LtEve 9same method for re-heating.
They cook so slowly, it's almost impossible to spoil them!

Witzend Mon 15-Nov-21 10:45:54

Thank you both! Just need to go shopping for plain flour, oranges and ale now - I’ve got everything else. ?

Lincslass Mon 15-Nov-21 10:36:48

Wonder if this is any help, uses a litre basin.
www.slowcookerclub.com/slow-cooker-christmas-pudding/

LtEve Mon 15-Nov-21 10:36:13

I’ve been doing my puddings in the slow cooker for the past 5 years. I just cook them for about 12 hours on medium but have forgotten it and left it on overnight with no adverse effect. I think it’s almost impossible to overcook them. I also reheat it on Christmas morning in the slow cooker putting it in as soon as I get up.

Witzend Mon 15-Nov-21 10:28:54

I shall shortly be making 2, my usual recipe, in roughly 2 pint pudding basins.
I’ve been looking online for slow cooker instructions but can’t find any for 2 pint/ 1 litre basins, only for 2 litre or very small basins, and my slow cooker is too small for anything bigger than mine.

I usually steam them in pans for 5 - 6 hours, but it means a lot of topping up with boiling water.
If anyone’s got slow cooker instructions for trad, 2 pint/1 litre pudding basins, I’d be grateful!