Easy Vegan christmas pudding

Easy Vegan Christmas pudding

Prep Time: 30 mins 
Cook Time: 3 hours 
Total Time: 3 hours 30 mins 
Servings: 12-14 

Ingredients: 

• 125g dairy-free margarine plus extra for greasing the bowl and paper
• 375g dried figs
• 75ml rum
• 350g mixed sultanas and raisins
• 1 large eating apple peeled, cored and grated
• 85g coconut sugar
• 85g white soft sugar
• 100g breadcrumbs
• 100g self-raising flour
• ½ tbsp allspice

Instructions: 

Step 1

Grease a 2-litre pudding bowl with dairy-free margarine and put a circle of baking parchment in the bottom. Grease a large sheet of baking parchment, place it (greased side up) on a large sheet of foil, and fold a pleat down the middle.

Step 2

Chop 125g of the figs and set aside. Put the rest of the figs, the dairy-free margarine and the rum in a food processor and blend until mostly smooth. Tip this mixture into a large bowl, then add the chopped figs, sultanas, raisins, grated apple, both sugars, breadcrumbs, flour and allspice. Mix well and spoon into the pudding bowl.

Step 3

Cover the bowl with the greased parchment and foil, tie it with string, and trim the excess. Put the bowl into a large saucepan lined with saucers or foil to raise it up. Pour in boiling water until it comes halfway up the bowl. Cover with a lid and simmer for 3 hours, topping up water as needed. Let the pudding cool. It will keep in a cool, dry cupboard for up to a year.