Barossa Dried Fruit Winter Pudding – Sophie Zalokar

Ingredients

• 200 g mixed dried fruit (figs, apricots, apples, peaches & pears), roughly chopped
• 250 ml – 375 ml boiling water
• 1 pinch bicarbonate of soda
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 Tbsp sugar (optional)
• 1 Tbsp lemon juice
• 1 sml egg
• 60 g (1/4 cup) caster sugar
• 60 ml (1/4 cup) milk
• 80 g wholemeal spelt or wheat flour
• ½ tsp baking powder
• 2 tbsp melted butter
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tbsp demerara sugar (optional)