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  • Date, Maple & Walnut Puddings

    Date, Walnut & Maple Steamed Puddings

    Posted at 11:20 am by tastewithoutwaste
    Jan 9th

    Running in the rain raises one of the most tricky of questions in life. Is it bad for you? You’re sopping wet, you might be cold. You’re bound to get a cold. Or is it good for you? What’s a little moisture going to do? You sweat anyway! You’ve still exercised, you’re probably feeling pretty damn chuffed with yourself for going out there and battling the elements. I’m inclined to lean towards the latter – why, as long as you dry off properly once you reach shelter, there’s really no harm done. And splashing in the puddles is good for the soul, is it not? These Date, Walnut and Maple Steamed Puddings put one in a similar conundrum. Are they unhealthy? I mean, they are dessert after all. Or are they healthy, relatively speaking?

    Date, Maple & Walnut Steamed Puddings

    I’m again leaning more so than the Leaning Tower of Pisa towards option B). As far as desserts go, this is virtually rabbit food. There’s no refined sugar, no fat and next to no flour! The dates and maple syrup ensure that you’re pud is nice and sweet, whilst whisking the egg white to soft peaks produces a delightfully light texture. That’s not to say you should go out and eat four serves of the stuff – wouldn’t be healthy any more, would it – but you can feel pretty darn guilt-free about having one of these after din-dins. Pair it with a dollop of vanilla yoghurt rather than ice-cream or custard and you’re laughing. Not to throw a spanner in the works, but it does taste mighty fine with ice-cream. I’m not going to lie. All in moderation, all in moderation…

    It’s almost ten days into the new year and we haven’t yet used it that line so here we go…you could even, possibly, just possibly, say that these Date, Walnut and Maple Steamed Puddings fit the bill of tastewithoutwaste. Or at least one aspect of it anyway…

    Date, Maple & Walnut Steamed Puddings

    Date, Walnut and Maple Steamed Puddings
    Serves 2-4

    Ingredients
    90g pitted dates, finely chopped
    1/3 cup water
    1/3 cup pure maple syrup
    1 tsp vanilla essence
    1 large egg, separated
    3 tbsp self-raising flour
    15g walnuts, roughly chopped

    Method
    Preheat the oven to 160C. Lightly grease 4 100ml pudding moulds/dariole moulds. Divide about 1 tbsp of the maple syrup among the moulds, Place the finely chopped dates and the water in a small saucepan and simmer for 5 minutes or until the dates have absorbed almost all the water.

    Transfer to a bowl and mash with a fork. Add the remaining maple syrup, and vanilla and whisk until well combined. Add the egg yolk and stir until combined. Now stir through the flour and walnuts.

    In a separate bowl whisk the egg white until soft peaks form. Gently fold the egg white into the date mixture.

    Scoop the mixture into your prepared moulds and cover with aluminium foil. Place the moulds in another, larger ovenproof dish and fill it with hot water until it comes half-way up the sides of the moulds.

    Bake for 20 minutes or until the pudding is risen and springs back to the touch. Remove the moulds from the larger ovenproof dish and also remove the aluminium foil. Set on a wire rack to cool slightly before running a knife around the edge of the puddings and gently turning out onto a serving plate or bowl.

    Serve warm with custard, yoghurt or vanilla ice-cream.

    Will keep for 2 days in the refrigerator.

    Source: Adapted from BBC Good Food.

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    Posted in Desserts | Tagged Date, Dessert, Maple, Pudding, Walnut |

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