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Eight Treasure Pudding Recipe
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Ingredients : |
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600 g
60 g
75 g
25 g
6 tablespoons
75 g
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Glutinous rice
Lard
Sugar
Almond, walnut, chestnuts or lotus seeds
Candied or dried fruit
Sweet bean paste
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Method :
- Wash the rice and place in
a saucepan.
- Cover with 1 cm water.
- Bring to the boil and
simmer gently for 11-12 minutes.
- Add half the lard and all
the sugar, turn and stir until well mixed.
- Greased the sides of a
large heatproof basin or bowl heavily with the remaining lard
(lard must be cold).
- Stick the nuts and candied
or dried fruits of your choice in a pattern on the sides of the
basin in the lard, arranging the remainder at the bottom of the basin.
- Place a layer of sweetened
rice in the basin, then spread a thinner layer of sweet bean paste
on top of the rice.
- Repeat the layers,
finishing with a rice layer.
- Cover the basin with foil,
leaving a little room for expansion.
- Place the basin into a
steamer and steam steadily for 1 hour 10 minutes until cooked.
- Invert the basin on to a
large round heated serving dish to turn out the pudding.
- Decorate with extra
candied fruits, if you like.
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