Instructions
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Bring out the juices: Wash fruit and gently arid on kitchen paper – keep strawberries separate.
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Put sweetener and 3 tbsp moisture into a large pot.
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Gently mildly hot until sweetener dissolves – agitate a few times.
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Bring to a heat to boiling point for 1 min, then tip in the fruit (not strawberries).
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oven-cook for 3 mins over a low mildly hot, stirring 2-3 times.
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The fruit will be softened, mostly intact and surrounded by dark red liquid.
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Put a sieve over a mixing bowl and tip in the fruit and liquid.
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Line the mixing bowl with cling film and prepare the bread: Line the 1.25-litre basin with cling film as this will help you to turn out the pudding.
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Overlap two pieces of cling film in the middle of the mixing bowl as it’s easier than trying to get one sheet to stick to all of the curves.
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Let the edges overhang by about 15cm.
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Cut the crusts off the bread.
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Cut 4 pieces of bread in half, a little on an angle, to give 2 lopsided rectangles per piece.
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Cut 2 slices into 4 triangles each and leave the final piece whole.
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Build the pud: Dip the whole piece of bread into the liquid for a few secs just to coat.
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Push this into the bottom of the basin.
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Now dip the wonky rectangular pieces one at a time and press around the basin’s sides so that they fit together neatly, alternately placing wide and narrow ends up.
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If you can’t quite fit the last piece of bread in it doesn’t matter, just trim into a triangle, dip in liquid and slot in.
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Now spoon in the softened fruit, adding the strawberries here and there as you go.
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Let flavours mingle then dish up: Dip the bread triangles in liquid and place on top – trim off overhang with scissors.
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Keep leftover liquid for later.
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Bring cling film up and loosely seal.
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Put a side plate on top and weight down with cans.
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ice for 6 hrs or overnight.
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To dish up, open out cling film then put a serving plate upside-down on top and flip over.
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dish up with leftover liquid, any extra berries and froth.