Gluten Free Old Fashioned Christmas Pudding

This is a remake of an old family recipe that we have had for Christmas for as long as I can remember. It is a steamed pudding with a sauce that you put over top of it. After finding out that I was gluten intolerant I thought that I would not get to enjoy it anymore, but I am very happy that I was able to recreate the recipe. I hope that you will enjoy it as much as my family does.

• Ready In: 2 hrs 15 mins
• Serves: 4-6

Ingredients

• Ingredients for Pudding

• 1  cup suet, ground (beef fat)
• 1  cup raisins, ground
• 1 3⁄4 cups  gluten-free flour (a blend with xanthan gum)
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1  dash salt
• 1⁄2 cup  sour milk (or 1/2 tablespoon white distilled vinegar with enough milk to make a 1/2 cup)
• 1  egg

• Ingredients for Sauce

• 1  cup sugar
• 3  tablespoons cornstarch
• 1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 2  tablespoons butter
• 2  tablespoons white distilled vinegar
• 2  cups water

Directions

1. If making sour milk, mix your vinegar and milk together before you start and let sit for 5 minutes.
2. Place ground suet and raisins in a large bowl. Mix with dry ingredients.
3. Add wet ingredients. Dough will be stiff.
4. Place in buttered pan. Cover tightly with wax paper or a cover. Place in a steamer for 2 hours or in a pressure cooker for 30 minutes with steam flowing in cooker with 5 pounds of pressure.
5. Serve with Sweet and Sour Sauce. Recipe follows as follows:
6. Mix sugar, cornstarch, nutmeg, and butter in a medium sauce pan.
7. Add liquid ingredients.
8. Over medium heat, bring to a boil and cook until sauce thickens.
9. Serve over warm Christmas pudding.