Gluten-Free Christmas Pudding - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup milk
1 tsp baking soda
1 large over-ripe banana, mashed
2 cups stale gluten-free breadcrumbs (not dry)
2 cups mixed dried fruit
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

Preparation

Lightly grease a 5-cup pudding basin.
Combine the milk and baking soda in a large bowl. Add banana, gluten-free breadcrumbs, fruit and spices; mix well.
Spoon the mixture into the prepared pudding basin. Cover the top with pleated parchment paper and foil; secure with some string or a lid.
Place the basin in a large saucepan with enough boiling water to come halfway up the side of the basin. Boil, covered, for 2 hours. Replenish with boiling water as necessary during cooking to maintain the water level.
Turn the pudding out.