I recently fell in love with Georgia Pellegrini’s book Food Heroes and will be giving it to various friends for the holidays. The recipe below is my adaptation of Georgia’s grandmother’s fruit pudding, which I think you’ll enjoy.
This light and easy to eat dessert is a perfect Christmas pudding. It’s basically made with dried fruit and eggs and won’t leave you and your Christmas guests with the typical high carb hangover that often results from holiday treats. Enjoy and thanks Georgia!
Fruit Pudding
Ingredients
- 8 dried apricots
- 4 prunes
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- pinch celtic sea salt
- 1 cup water
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup chopped pecans
Instructions
- Place dried fruit, cinnamon, salt and water in a saucepan and bring to a simmer
- Cook at a simmer for 30 minutes until fruit is reconstituted
- Place fruit mixture, eggs and vanilla in a vitamix and puree until smooth
- Dish mixture into half-cup ramekins, then top with pecans
- Bake ramekins at 350°F for 30 minutes
- Remove from oven then cool and serve
Equipment
Here are some more gluten-free pudding recipes that you may enjoy:
–Crockpot Bread Pudding Recipe from Stephanie of A Year of Slow Cooking
–Avocado Pudding from Karen of Cook4Seasons
–Tapioca Pudding from Kate of Gluten Free Gobsmacked
I recently wrote an article for Natural Solutions Magazine which was featured on the cover, if you can believe that (I can’t!). The subject is my gluten free journey, and also provides information on the various high protein flours that I use. You can find a copy of Natural Solutions at any Barnes & Noble in the country. My article is in the November issue of Natural Solutions (which hit newsstands a couple of weeks late), in case you’d like to take a look at it.
chava says
Almost like charoset :)
Tricia says
This looks amazing. What is the yield so I can figure out what size ramkins I should use? Many thanks for this and all your wonderful recipes.
Lexie | Lexie's Kitchen says
So are you a cover girl now!? Ha! How exciting!! This pudding looks so easy (as all your recipes are and why I love them so much). My little guy will love it. He only likes carbs in the form of fruit. Won’t touch the likes of bread or rice. Probably a good thing :)
-Lexie
Nana Rogers says
This sounds wonderful! Thanks so much for sharing it. I need all the help I can get to downsize our carb intake and still feel like we are having a treat. This is going to be great. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!!!
Ashley Craft (Taste for Healthy) says
Oh. my. goodness! How delicious and adorable are these?!? :)
Beth says
Congrats on making the cover.
Woo-Hoo!
Sea says
Intriguing recipe! I’m wondering what kind of flavor the prunes have with the apricots- very unique. And no sugar! I like the pecan topping as well.
-Sea
Kristen says
How many servings will this make? Curious to know if I need to double or triple the recipe — it looks like something we’ll all enjoy!
Rachel says
Did you ever get an answer to how many servings this makes?
Karen@Cook4Seasons says
Thank you for the shout out! I was just playing with the avocado pudding recipe by adding cocoa powder and a little smoked brown sugar – one of my latest food finds. Actually I think pudding is great in any flavor…the ultimate comfort food.
AndreAnna from Liife as A Plate says
First of all, that looks SO amazing – kind of like the naughty filling in a pecan pie but without all the awful corn syrup! Can’t wait to try it.
Second, I have that book on my list too for Christmas since I basically buy whatever you tell me to. Ha!
And third, YAY YOU!! I’m so proud and excited for you for that article! Gonna head to B&N this week and will be sure to pick up a copy!