Christmas pudding sundae

Ingredients

• 100 g of raisins, golden or regular
• 200 ml of dark rum
• 1 tsp mixed spice
• 1 vanilla pod, seeds scraped
• 50 ml of stock syrup
• 850 g of prunes
• 25 ml of vanilla essence
• 1.5 l water
• 75 g of bicarbonate of soda
• 225 g of butter
• 850 g of sugar
• 10 eggs
• 850 g of self-raising flour
• 115 g of christmas pudding
• 800 ml of milk
• 100 ml of cream
• 30 g of milk powder
• 100 g of sugar
• 200 g of egg yolk
• 50 g of brandy
• 250 g of milk
• 250 g of cream
• 8 egg yolks
• 75 g of sugar
• 1 orange, zested and segmented

Instructions

1. 1

   To begin, prepare the rum-soaked raisins. Bring all of the ingredients to the boil in a saucepan then remove and allow to steep for at least 24 hours

2. 2

   Preheat the oven to 175°C/gas mark 4

3. 3

   For the figgy cake, boil the prunes, vanilla and water in a saucepan then add the bicarbonate of soda and allow to cool

4. 4

   Cream the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl and add the eggs one at a time. Mix in the flour until smooth then fold in the prunes

5. 5

   Transfer the mix to a muffin tin, bake in the oven for 20 minutes then remove and allow to cool before breaking them up to serve

6. 6

   To make the Christmas pudding ice cream, bring the milk, cream, milk powder and sugar to the boil in a saucepan

7. 7

   Place the egg yolks in a mixing bowl and whisk in the hot cream mixture. Return to the pan, stir until slightly thickened then allow to cool

8. 8

   Blitz the Christmas pudding with the ice cream base in a blender then churn in an ice cream machine. Place in a sealed container and leave in the freezer until needed

9. 9

   For the brandy foam, bring the milk, cream and brandy to the boil. Whisk together the eggs and sugar in a mixing bowl then gradually whisk in the hot milk until combined

10. 10

    Transfer to a siphon gun, add 1 N2O charger and keep refrigerated until needed

11. 11

    To assemble, layer the components in glasses with some segmented orange. Top with some zest and some more rum-soaked raisins and serve