Wild Weather And Steamed Orange Pudding.

Well it has been a day of high winds and dust storms across most of the east coast of Australia today. Visibility has been cut to about 300 meters or less in some parts of the country. Lots of inland soil now heading east to New Zealand.

I would like to share with you a great cool weather pudding recipe today. With the dust and wind the temperature has dropped quite a bit.

Steamed Orange Pudding

125g margarine (vegan)
125g sugar
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
grated rind and juice of 2 oranges
soymilk to mix

Beat the margarine and sugar until it is light and fluffy. Mix in the rind, then add some flour and mix gently. Adding soymilk if necessary to achieve a smooth, thick batter consistency. Oil a one litre pudding basin and spoon pudding into this.
Place the basin in a large pot of boiling water that reaches 1/2 way up the basin. Bring to a simmer. Cover pot with a lid and cook for 1 hour 45 minutes. Serve by upending on a plate.

Recipe courtesy of Sue Belfitt from "Cake Vegan Cake Of Course"

If you are looking to become a vegetarian there are many great recipe books available online or at your local bookstore.