Brown-Butter Figgy Pudding

Name: Brown-Butter Figgy Pudding
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 3 Tbsps brandy; 296 milliliters butter; 3 eggs; 454 grams dried Mission figs, stemmed; 355 milliliters all-purpose flour; 177 milliliters granulated sugar; 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 8 servings Powdered sugar; 1 teaspoons salt

Brown-Butter Figgy Pudding might be just the dessert you are searching for. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 523 calories, 5g of protein, and 31g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 8% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 8. Head to the store and pick up eggs, ground cinnamon, butter, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Instructions

In a 2- to 3-quart pan over medium-high heat, melt butter. Stir often until butter is deep golden brown with darker brown flecks, 5 to 8 minutes (if butter foams up in pan, remove from heat briefly until foaming subsides).

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Butter

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Frying Pan

Pour butter into a 1-cup glass measure; chill until solid, about 1 1/2 hours.

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Butter

Meanwhile, in a bowl, combine figs, brandy, and 1 cup boiling water. Soak until figs have softened, about 30 minutes. Lift 1/2 cup figs from bowl and coarsely chop.

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Brandy

Water

Figs

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Bowl

Pour remainder, with soaking liquid, into a blender or food processor and whirl until smooth.

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Food Processor

Blender

Scoop 1/2 cup solidified brown butter into a large bowl (bring to room temperature if necessary before using; reserve remainder for brown-butter hard sauce). With a mixer at medium speed, beat butter with granulated sugar until well combined.

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Granulated Sugar

Butter

Sauce

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Bowl

Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.

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Egg

Add pured figs and beat until smooth.

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Figs

Add flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt and beat at low speed until smooth, scraping down sides of bowl as needed. Stir in chopped figs.

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Baking Powder

Cinnamon

All Purpose Flour

Figs

Salt

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Bowl

Scrape batter into a buttered 11-cup bundt pan; cover tightly with foil and secure with a rubber band.

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Kugelhopf Pan

Aluminum Foil

Place pudding in a 12- by 17-inch baking pan and set on bottom rack of a 350 oven. Carefully pour 2 inches boiling water around bundt pan, then cover entire baking pan with foil.

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Water

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Baking Pan

Kugelhopf Pan

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Oven

Bake until pudding feels firm to touch (peel back foil to check) and a wooden skewer inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour and 15 minutes.

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Oven

Skewers

Aluminum Foil

Let cool 10 minutes, then invert bundt pan over a plate to unmold pudding.

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Kugelhopf Pan

Let cool until barely warm, then sprinkle with powdered sugar.

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Powdered Sugar

Cut into slices and serve with brown-butter hard sauce.

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Butter

Sauce

Brown-butter hard sauce: In a bowl, with an electric mixer on medium speed, beat reserved solid brown butter from brown-butter figgy pudding (recipe precedes) until smooth.

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Butter

Sauce

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Add 1 cup powdered sugar and beat on low speed until well combined.

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Powdered Sugar

Add 1 tablespoon brandy and 1 teaspoon vanilla; beat on high speed until light and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes. Spoon into a bowl; serve at room temperature, or cover and chill up to 3 days. Bring to room temperature and beat again to restore texture before serving. Makes about 1 1/4 cups.

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Vanilla