Come Dine With Me recipes Summer fruit pudding recipe

Chris Brady's menu

Date Published:

19/12/2007

Berry nice... Chris decorates berries with cream, sponge fingers and mint to sweeten up his Come Dine With Me Manchester guests

1. Put the sugar in a large saucepan. Split the vanilla pod lengthways and scrape the seeds onto the sugar. Pour over 5 tbsp cold water and heat gently until the sugar dissolves, stirring occasionally. Use a whisk to ensure the vanilla seeds are evenly distributed throughout the syrup.

2. Reserve a few of the berries for decoration and put the rest in the sugar syrup. Cook over a low heat until the fruit is softened but retains its shape. Remove from the heat and leave to cool for 15 minutes. Add more sugar to sweeten the syrup if necessary.

3. Arrange the sponge fingers vertically around the sides of a souffle dish or large loaf tin lined with cling film. Place more sponge fingers tightly over the base, trimming to fit where necessary. Retain 3 tbsp of the fruit syrup and pour the remaining syrup and fruit into the dish.

4. Shake lightly, without tipping, to ensure the fruit covers the sponge evenly. Arrange the remaining sponge fingers over the fruit until completely covered. Leave to cool, then cover and chill for several hours or overnight.

5. When ready to serve, invert the pudding onto a serving dish and remove the cling film. Spoon the remaining sugar syrup over and decorate with the reserved berries and sprigs of mint. Serve with double cream.

Please note this recipe is the contestant's own and has not been tested professionally. Like the Come Dine With Me contestants, you could be creating a culinary delight or dining disaster, so switch on your ovens and be bold.

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