Ingredients

• 250 g - raisins
• 60 g - mixed peel
• 250 g - currants
• 250 g - sultanas
• 3 tbsp - brandy or rum
• 250 g - butter grated rind of 1 orange
• 1.25 cups - brown sugar
• 4 - eggs, beaten
• 50 g - almonds, chopped
• 1 cup - plain flour
• 1/2 tsp - each salt, mixed spice, nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon, bicarbonate of soda
• 2 cups - bread crumbs

How to Make Rich New Year Pudding

• Chop fruit, pour rum and keep overnight, , Next day beat butter, rind, brown sugar. Add beaten eggs gradually. Stir in fruit, almonds alternately with flour, spices, bread crumbs. Turn mixture in pudding basin.
• Cover the grease proof paper, then foil. Tie with string.
• Steam for 6 hours. Remove from pot, take off foil and leave in a cool place to dry 24 hours so that covering paper dries.
• When pudding is completely cold, wrap in foil and keep in a cool place.
• On new year's eve, cover top of pudding with foil, tie with string.
• Next day steam for at least 2 hours again.