Golden Syrup and Fig Steamed Pudding

Cooking time: 30 minutes. Serves 4-6

INGRÉDIENTS

• 2 tbsp brown sugar
• 1½ tbsp golden syrup
• 1 egg
• 1½ tbsp marmalade
• 3 tbsp soft butter
• 1 cup self raising flour
• Pinch salt
• ½ cup milk
• ½ tsp baking soda
• ¼ cup dried figs, finely diced
• 1½ tbsp golden syrup extra
• Thick cream and maple syrup to serve

HOW TO MAKE

1. Combine butter, sugar and golden syrup in a bowl. Beat with electric beaters until slightly paler in colour. Add the egg. Stir in the marmalade. Sift flour and add to the creamed butter mix with the salt. Combine milk and baking soda and fold into the pudding mix. Stir through the figs. 
2. Pour the extra golden syrup into a lightly greased 1.4 litre soufflé dish. Spoon in pudding mixture, cover and seal well with a piece of lightly greased foil. Place a trivet in the Minut’Cook and add 1½ cups water put the dish on a folded tea towel. Pick up the ends of the cloth, lift the dish then carefully lower it onto the trivet. Place a plate that fits well onto the top of the foil (this is to prevent moisture getting into the pudding). Fold the ends of the cloth over the dish.
3. Close the lid. Set the cooker onto the High Pressure setting - Timer: 30 minutes. Test to check if the pudding is cooked by inserting a skewer into the middle of the pudding and cook a little longer if required. Open lid and use tongs to pull out the ends of the cloth over the sides of the cooker to cool slightly. After a few seconds, pick up the cloth ends and carefully use them to lift the dish from the cooker. Remove the plate and foil, and serve hot, spooned into bowls from the dish.
4. Serve with a drizzle of maple syrup and thick cream.