Christmas Pudding With Apricots And Chocolate - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Ingredients for pudding
1 cup self-raising flour
1 cup firmly packed stale white breadcrumb
125 g caster sugar (superfine sugar)
125 g butter or 125 g margarine
600 g mixed dried fruit
100 g diced dried apricots
1/2 cup chopped pecan nuts
3 eggs, lightly beaten
100 g dark chocolate chips
2 tablespoons brandy
Syrup Ingredients
2 tablespoons golden syrup
1 tablespoon Grand Marnier

Preparation

Sift the flour into a medium sized bowl. Add all remaining pudding ingredients. Mix well to combine.
Cut a small piece of kitchen paper to fit the base of the pudding basin. Grease the pudding basin with butter. Place the baking paper in the base. Grease the baking paper.
Spoon the pudding mixture into the greased pudding basin. Cover securely with the lid.
(If using a non-lidded basin-top with another piece of baking paper and two layers of aluminium foil. Tie securely with string).
Place the pudding into a large saucepan or stockpot. Fill the saucepan with water to come 1/2 way up the sides of the pudding basin. Cover the saucepan and bring the water to the boil.