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This Mincemeat and Apple Eve’s Pudding recipe is one of those great light bulb moments when you realise you can use up leftover mincemeat following the holiday season. Not only that, but you’ve got yourself a quick and simple pudding recipe that you can come back to time and time again.
I’d already added The Best Eve’s Pudding made gluten free with vegan option to my catalogue of gluten free recipes. Therefore, I knew this would be a simple tweak to add the leftover mincemeat I had from Christmas.
The addition of the mincemeat, with its warm spices is the perfect match for a baked apple pudding. Adding the mincemeat lifts the Eve’s Pudding to another level and does feel rather special so an excellent choice for a winters dinner party with friends and family.
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Can I make this recipe dairy free?
Psst. It is dairy free, I use dairy free butter and a milk alternative in this recipe.
Want to make it dairy full? No problem, just add your normal butter and cows milk like-for-like.
Can I make this Mincemeat and Apple Eve’s Pudding egg free?
I have another surprise, this Mincemeat and Apple Eve’s Pudding is also egg free – surprise!
Want to make it with egg? Simply add one beaten egg to the creamed butter and caster sugar before adding the flour and milk. As you’ve used an egg you are likely to need less liquid. Pour the milk in 50ml at a time. As eggs are approx. 50ml in volume you may find you only need 100ml of milk to reach the desired consistency for your Eve’s pudding cake batter.
Ways to use up leftover mincemeat
There are many ways to use up leftover mincemeat. The joy is that mincemeat has a very long shelf life. So, if you over bought mincemeat to make your mince pies at Christmas then fear not. These recipes can be made all year round. As long as you don’t mind your jar of mincemeat hanging about in the back of your cupboard until such a day.
The other joy of mincemeat is that is so versatile. You can almost make anything with the odd tablespoon or two of the sweetly spiced fruits and suet.
Here are a few ideas to get your started. And what better way to start than with my Festive Rice Pudding. I can not begin to tell you how awesome this is. So thick, creamy, spiced and positively indulgent. This will certainly warm the winter blues.
Tart Tatin is fun to make, impressive to present at the table and another way to use up leftover ingredients. If you fancy a giggle you can watch me make my Festive Tart Tatin live here at the Free From Festival Christmas Market.
I bet you’ve been in the situation where you’ve got leftover marzipan too right? This is not the case with me. I will gladly sit and eat a ball of unused marzipan with a cup of tea. Oh the shame! That said, if you’re not a piggy like me, then where’s the rule to say you can’t just make more mince pies? That’s right my friend, there is no rule! So why not make these Stollen Mince Pies and then bingo, you’ve used up both leftover ingredients.
Other recipes that work perfectly with mincemeat
How about tweaking these recipes with a spoonful or two of leftover mincemeat
Traditional Bread and Butter Pudding made gluten free
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Gluten Free sponge pudding inspiration
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Mincemeat and Apple Eve’s Pudding Recipe
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Gluten Free Mincemeat and Apple Eve’s Pudding
Ingredients
For the mincemeat and apple base
- 300 g apple(s) peeled and cored can be baking or eating apples
- 200 g mincemeat or use whatever you have left in the jar (within reason!)
For the sponge topping
- 100 g caster sugar
- 100 g butter I use Flora Plant Butter
- 150 ml milk I use soya milk
- 150 g gluten free self raising flour
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp ground flaxseed
- 1 tsp psyllium husk powder (optional) optional but does add structure to vegan bakes
Instructions
To make the apple base
- Take the peeled, cored chopped apples and either steam them in the microwave with a tablespoon of water or gently heat on the hob with a tablespoon of water. You want your apple chunks to be just softened.
- Add the mincemeat, give it a good stir and set aside to cool slightly while you get on with the sponge batter.
To make the sponge batter
- In a large bowl cream together the caster sugar and 'butter' until lighter in colour.
- Measure the flour and add to it the flaxseed and psyllium husk.
- Beat the dry ingredients into the butter and sugar.
- Add the milk and beat again into a soft dropping sponge batter
To build the Eves Pudding
- It's best to do this gradually, otherwise you'll end up pushing all the fruit to the side. Using two dessert spoons scoop and scrape spoonfuls of cake batter over the softened fruit as if you're adding dumplings to a casserole!
- Once you've spooned all the batter into the pudding dish use one of the spoons to smooth the batter to cover the fruit.
- Sprinkle the top of the sponge batter with a little caster sugar and pop into the preheated oven set at 200°C | 180°C fan | 400°F | Gas 6 for 20mins. The pudding is ready when the sponge is just turning golden and the sponge has a bounce to the touch.
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