Fruit pudding can refer to two different dishes, one resembling a sausage made with fruit, flour, sugar, and beef tenderloin, and the other a sweet dessert pudding with fruit and cobbler-like dumplings. The term “pudding” is often used in older contexts to refer to sausages.
Fruit pudding typically refers to one of two different types of dishes, both of which include types of fruit but are quite different. One type of food that may be referred to in this way is a traditional Scottish dish that more closely resembles a sausage than what some people might consider “pudding.” This often includes raisins or currants, flour, and beef tenderloin mixed together and formed into the shape of a sausage or loaf of bread, though not necessarily with a sausage casing. Fruit pudding can also refer to a sweet dish similar to dessert pudding, which includes fruit and can be topped with cobbler-like dumplings.
Despite the name “fruit pudding,” the dish itself may not include anything that some diners would consider “pudding.” The term “pudding” is often used in older contexts, particularly those having English, Scottish or Irish ancestry, to refer to sausages. This is seen in dishes such as black pudding and white pudding, which consist of blood sausage and ground beef sausage, respectively.
One type of fruit pudding more closely resembles a sausage than the creamy dessert that many people, especially those in the United States, may think of as pudding. This type of pudding often includes raisins or currants, although grapes or other dried fruit may be used. The fruit is typically mixed with some flour and grain sugar, often brown sugar, as well as other seasonings and spices such as salt and cinnamon. This is then mixed with a beef tenderloin to form a wet but cohesive texture which is then bound together in the shape of a loaf or sausage.
Fruit pudding of this type is often served as part of a “full Scottish breakfast”, often with fried egg, a wedge of black pudding and haggis. Fruit pudding is usually cut into slices, just like other types of sausage, and lightly fried before serving. Such puddings can differ greatly in size and overall shape, depending on the cook forming the pudding.
Another common type of fruit pudding more closely resembles pudding as served in the United States. This often simply involves vanilla pudding, or other flavored pudding, into which dried or stewed fruit is mixed and then served. Some recipes for this type of fruit pudding may instead call for stewed fruit to be placed at the bottom of a heavy platter, over which slightly sweet dumplings are topped. This is then cooked and served in a cobbler-like fashion.
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