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Persimmon Pudding with Hard Sauce

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An old-fashioned steamed pudding may not be your traditional Thanksgiving Day dessert, but it is a tradition on our Thanksgiving table. You will need a pudding mold and persimmons, a beautiful orange fruit that looks like an apple. The persimmons will need to be quite soft, almost overripe to the touch. Persimmons taste like a cross between a peach and an apricot, but they are a little tart. The pudding should be served slightly warm, which makes the hard sauce — one of the best tastes — melt.

by Food Network·published 2016-11-20

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Servings

(10–12)

Total time

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Calories / serving

379 kcal

Ingredients (16)

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1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened, plus extra for the pudding moldbutter
1 cup sugarsugar
1 cup sifted all-purpose flourflour
1 cup persimmon pulp (from 2 to 3 ripe persimmons, peeled and seeded)persimmon
3 teaspoons brandybrandy
2 large eggs, slightly beatenegg
2 teaspoons baking soda mixed with 2 teaspoons warm waterwater
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extractvanilla
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamoncinnamon
1 teaspoon ground gingerginger
1 teaspoon ground clovesclove
1/2 cup chopped walnutswalnut
1 cup golden raisins
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softenedbutter
1 cup confectioners' sugarsugar
1 tablespoon brandybrandy

Instructions (3 steps)

01To make the pudding, in a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar with an electric mixer at medium speed. Add the flour, 1/2 cup at a time, alternating with the persimmon pulp, brandy, eggs, and baking soda mixture. Stir in the vanilla, spices, walnuts, and raisins and mix on low until the butter comes together, about 5 minutes.

02Butter the top and bottom of a 2-quart pudding mold with a lid. Spoon in the mixture. Put the buttered lid on tightly and lock into place. Put the mold in a bigger pot filled with water to come halfway up the side of the mold; cover the pot. It is necessary to have a well-buttered mold and enough water for ample steam for this pudding to come out right. Bring the water to a simmer and let simmer over medium-low heat for about 2 hours. Make sure the water doesn't evaporate; add more hot water if it does. The pudding should be checked with a cake tester. When the tester comes out clean, the pudding is done. Take the mold out of the water and unmold when cool, 1 to 2 hours.

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