Christmas Pudding with Orange Custard

All the indulgence of Christmas, but so much better for you.

Better than the 'real' thing with a delicious orange custard. Dried fruit is high in fructose. For anyone with a sugar sensitivity - diabetes, candida, etc – serve the orange cream with fresh organic berries, pomegranate seeds or soaked goji berries.

Preparation time: 10 mins

Serves: 6-8

Ingredients:

• 1 cup almonds

• 1/2 cup soft dates

• 1/2 cup raisins

• 1 fig

• zest of an organic orange and an organic lemon

• 1/4 tsp cinnamon

• 1/4 tsp allspice / mixed spice

• pinch salt

• 1 organic apple

  Orange Custard:

• 1 1/2 cups cashews soaked for at least 2 hours

• juice of a freshly squeezed orange

• zest of the orange if it is organic

• 1 tsp vanilla

Method:

• Combine all the pudding ingredients in a food processor

  Press a couple of tablespoons into a round metal pastry cutter. Press down and gently remove the pastry cutter. You will get 6-8 puddings, depending on the size. You can make them any shape you wish

• The puddings are just delicious as is or dehydrate at 105 deg Fahrenheit or 40.56 deg Celsius for 6-8 hours to make them firmer

• Serve with the orange custard. To make, drain and rinse the nuts. Blend all the ingredients in a blender until smooth

• Check for sweetness. Add more orange juice or some water for a more pouring consistency