Macallan Whiskey Chocolate Pudding

This is a traditional Scottish recipe. The Macallan was added later by a chef at a restaurant in Glasgow, so it still qualifies as a "Scottish" in my opinion!

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

• Pudding

• 1⁄2 cup extra finely granulated sugar
• 4  ounces margarine
• 1⁄2 cup cocoa powder or 1⁄2 cup  drinking chocolate
• 1 1⁄2 cups flour
• 2  eggs
• 25  ml  whiskey (Macallan, 2 tbsp)
• 2  tablespoons skim milk
• 1⁄2 cup raspberries (or soft berries of choice, 2 oz.)

• Sauce

• 4  ounces dark chocolate (70% cocoa)
• 3⁄4 cup  double cream
• 25  ml  macallan  whiskey (2 tbsp)
• 1  tablespoon golden syrup (light corn syrup is the closest in the US)

Directions

1. Blend sugar and margarine until light and fluffy.
2. Sieve cocoa powder or chocolate into flour.
3. Whisk eggs together, then add to sugar/margarine mix, adding a little flour mix to thicken. Add whiskey and more flour mix until both flour and whiskey have been used. Add skimmed milk, to soften. Grease 4 individual pudding moulds with margarine and dust with caster sugar.
4. Place a spoonful of the mix into each mould, cover with tin foil and secure tightly. Place in a pot of warm water which reaches halfway up the moulds. Bring to the boil then simmer for 40 minutes.
5. For the sauce : melt chocolate in a bowl over boiling water, add cream, whiskey and syrup.
6. Remove puddings and place on plates. Then pour over the chocolate sauce, adding a few soft berries before serving.