Christmas Pudding | Saveur

Ingredients

• 2 cups quality assorted raisins
• 2 cups brandy
• 1 1⁄2 oz. quality assorted candied fruits, such as pitted apricots, cherries, melon, and citrus peel, cut into thin strips
• 5 tbsp. cold beef suet or butter, diced
• 1 3⁄4 cups fine day-old bread crumbs
• 1 cup blanched almond meal
• 1⁄4 cup dark muscovado sugar
• 3 tbsp. flour
• 2 tbsp. shredded unsweetened coconut
• 2 tbsp. finely grated peeled carrot
• 1⁄2 tsp. finely grated lemon zest
• 1⁄4 tsp. finely grated orange zest
• 1 pinch ground cinnamon
• 1 pinch freshly grated nutmeg
• 1 egg
• 1⁄2 tsp. dark treacle or molasses
• 1⁄3 cup Guinness stout
• 2 tbsp. fresh orange juice
• 3⁄4 tsp. fresh lemon juice
• Brandy Butter (optional)
• Whiskey cream (optional)