Ingredients
- 250g pitted dates, chopped
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 250ml boiling water
- 80g unsalted butter, softened
- 110g caster sugar
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 190g SR flour
- ½ tsp salt
- 160g brown sugar
- 250ml cream
- 50g butter
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
Puddings
Caramel Sauce
Oven Setting: FullSteam
Author: NEFF Demonstrator Fransje Garland-Frost
Serves: 10
Prep: 20 mins
Cooking: 18 mins
Difficulty: Easy
Method
Grease 10 (1/2 cup) non-stick muffin pans or ramekins and line the bases with a small circle of baking paper.
Place the dates, bicarbonate of soda and water in a bowl and let stand for 15 minutes.
In a bowl of an electric mixer place the butter and sugar and beat until pale and creamy. Add the eggs one at a time, add the vanilla.
Beat until smooth.
Preheat oven on FullSteam 100⁰C.
Fold in the flour, salt and date mixture. Spoon the mixture evenly into prepared muffin pans or ramekins. Cook puddings for 18 minutes, there is no need to cover.
While puddings are cooking, make the caramel sauce. Place all of the ingredients in a saucepan. Stir over medium heat or Induction level 6 to dissolve sugar and melt the butter. Cook for 3-5 minutes or until thickened.
Turn puddings out on to individual serving plates and drizzle over the caramel sauce. Serve with whipped cream or ice-cream.
Note: Individually wrap each pudding in plastic wrap and freeze for up to 4 weeks. To reheat the puddings select FullSteam 100⁰C and place the puddings in the oven uncovered and cook for 10 minutes from frozen.
Recipe presented by NEFF.
