STEAMED PUDDING

OK first recipe ...My mother in laws steamed pud ...now I only put in 1/2 cup of sherry...but in a recent conversation..she  announced oh noes...not enough, that one whole cup was more to her liking....I may adventure into that amount next time!!

INGREDIENTS:

TBS BROWN SUGAR HEAPED
2 CUPS OF MIXED DRY FRUIT.
I CUP OF CHOPPED DATES
DASH VANILLA EXTRACT
70 GRAMS REAL BUTTER
1CUP MILK
TBL MIXED SPICE
3/4 TSP of BICARB SODA...TEASPOON
HEAPED CUP OF FLOUR>>>WHOLEMEAL WORKS TOO  I USE SELF RAISING ...
!/2 CUP OR TO TASTE OF SWEET OR CREAMED SHERRY...I RECOMMEND MCWILLIAMS BRAND>

OK....
Add  the fruit...dates...butter...milk..vanilla...sugar..and sherry...into a saucepan
heat till simmering...just takes a few minutes.  Take of stove...add BICARB....watch it froth up...then add the flour...and there ya have it...the mixture....now put into a greased pudding bowl...cover with baking paper and alfoil....tie with string....make sure water tight...or if you have a good ol fashioned steamer like me with a lid...well then still add the paper...then the lid! 
Now you can either boil on stove in a saucepan of water for 2 hours...making sure water goes half way up the sides of steamer....or like I do in  a slow cooker  for about at least 6 hours on high......make sure if on stove...water doesn't boil dry!!...slow cooker much more easier...just do the same..1/2 way up the side of pudding tin with water..in the slow cooker.  :)