Summer pudding or summer fruit pudding is a British
dessert
Dessert is a course that concludes a meal. The course consists of sweet foods, such as confections, and possibly a beverage such as dessert wine and liqueur. In some parts of the world, such as much of Greece and West Africa, and most parts o ...
made of sliced
white bread, layered in a deep bowl with
fruit
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Fruits are the means by which flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) disseminate their seeds. Edible fruits in partic ...
and
fruit juice
Juice is a drink made from the extraction or pressing of the natural liquid contained in fruit and vegetables. It can also refer to liquids that are flavored with concentrate or other biological food sources, such as meat or seafood, suc ...
. It is left to soak overnight and turned out onto a plate.
The dessert was most popular from the late 19th to the early 20th century.
It first appears in print with its current name in 1904, but identical recipes for 'hydropathic pudding' and '
Malvern pudding
Malvern pudding is a traditional pudding from the English town of Malvern in Worcestershire. It is a baked dish made with apples or other seasonal fruit and custard although variations exist.
In 2010 it was listed as one of the ten most "th ...
' from as far back as 1868 have been found.
Making summer pudding is much easier if the
bread is somewhat
stale. This helps the fruit juices soak through the bread, which makes the pudding more pleasant. Summer pudding can be served with cream.
The fruits typically used in summer pudding are
raspberries,
strawberries
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,
blackcurrant
The blackcurrant (''Ribes nigrum''), also known as black currant or cassis, is a deciduous shrub in the family Grossulariaceae grown for its edible berries. It is native to temperate parts of central and northern Europe and northern Asia, ...
s,
redcurrants,
whitecurrants, and
blackberries. Less commonly used are
tayberries,
loganberries,
cherries and
blueberries.
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List of fruit dishes
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