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.
Lorri says
What an easy and delicious sounding recipe!
Annette says
YEA!!!!! I emailed Natural Solutions about your blog a long time ago! Turns out they actually did contact you! :) I’m so glad! I ADORE all your recipes Elana and tell people about them ALL THE TIME! :) Thanks for making my tummy very happy! :)
Arielle says
I’d like to make this, it looks lovely! I’m wondering, 1. Should I cover the pot whilst simmering the fruit, and 2. Should I let it cool before adding the eggs? I’m worried the eggs will cook in just-boiled water!!
Barbara says
This looks like my kind of dessert now that I’ve cut out gluten and sugar. Yum. Thanks for posting it.
Tina Moody says
Looking forward to taste testing this with my 14 year old. Dessert alternatives are most welcome.
Tina
Marinka says
What a wonderful Christmas dessert! I, too, would love to know how many servings this recipe makes.
And congratulations on making the cover of Natural Solutions Magazine!
Lauren says
This sounds like the perfect light-but-delicious holiday dessert! I’m guessing that other dried fruit would suffice? I have some Medjool dates and plenty of dried cranberries on hand that I’d like to use in place of the apricots and prunes.
Congrats on the published article! Definitely something to be proud about :).
Nancy Morgan says
Yes, please…tell us how many ramikins should we be filling for this recipe!
Eileen Vollmer says
Christmas Pudding!
M Ryan Taylor says
Looks like I’m going to have to break down and make the investment in ramekins. :-)