Dessert · Newfoundland

Sauce for Puddings

From nan's book. Brown sugar sauce, boiled until thick. This is what goes over the steamed puddings.

A steamed pudding in a pool of sauce with ice cream
Photo: thefoodplace.co.uk, CC BY 2.0
Total
15 min
Prep
5 min
Cook
10 min
Serves
8
Ingredients
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 3 tbsp flour
  • 2 cups boiling water
  • dash salt
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 2 tsp vanilla
Method
  1. Whisk the brown sugar and flour together in a saucepan so the flour does not lump.
  2. Pour in the boiling water with a dash of salt and whisk smooth.
  3. Boil until thickened, stirring.
  4. Take it off the heat and add the butter and the vanilla.
  5. Serve hot over steamed pudding.

Notes

Written in nan's book as: Boil until thickned: 1 cup brown sugar, 3 tbsp flour, 2 cups boiling water, dash salt. Add: 2 tbsp butter, 2 tsp vanilla.

This is the sauce for her Christmas Pudding and her Plum Pudding, both on this site.

It thickens more as it cools. If it goes too far, a splash of boiling water brings it back.

Source: Nan's recipe book

saucepuddingbrown sugarnan's book

wolfeats.ca/recipes/sauce-for-puddings/