Spread Some Cheer This Christmas

11/11/04 - PRNewswire

Spread Some Cheer This Christmas PRNewswire OLDHAM, England November 11

OLDHAM, England, November 11 /PRNewswire/ --

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Christmas time is great for eating your favourite foods, enjoying a tipple or two, spending time with your family and getting together with friends. But it can be hard work if you have a food allergy or intolerance, avoiding the foods you'd love to eat or having to cook two meals instead of one.

Now, help is at hand from Pure Spreads, who have created some delicious Christmas recipes for all the family to enjoy. These easy to follow recipes are downloadable from the Pure Spreads web site: www.purespreads.com. The website also features nutritional information, more tasty recipes and competitions with great prizes.

Dairy and gluten free, these recipes are truly indulgent. They include scrumptious melt in your mouth Rum and Raisin Ice Cream, delicious Christmas Pudding with Orange Liqueur Sauce, mouth-watering Profiteroles with Chocolate Sauce and delectable Crunch Brandy Snap Baskets. There are also recipes for Festive Mince Pies and a traditional Christmas Cake.

Pure spreads are ideal for both adults and children including those on a vegetarian or vegan diet. All three spreads - Pure Sunflower, now with added omega 3 oil, Pure Soya and Pure Organic are free from dairy products and gluten. They are also all made without using genetically modified ingredients, hydrogenated oils, artificial flavourings, colourings or preservatives.

Bronwen Arthur, Pure brand manager says: "Anyone who would like further information about Pure spreads including more delicious dairy and gluten free recipes or details of their nearest Pure spreads stockist can call us free on 0800-028-4499. Pure can be used for creating tempting treats and fantastic meals, as well as for simply spreading on toast or in sandwiches."

Pure Spreads are available from leading supermarkets and health food stores.

Notes to Editors

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Pure national customer information line (freephone) 0800-028-4499.

Pure website www.purespreads.com

Matthews Foods plc is the UK's leading independent supplier of butters and spreads, producing both branded and own label products for the retail, food service, and prepared food trades. Matthews is the industry's leading organic spreads producer with Pure Organic being the UK's leading organic spread. Based in Yorkshire, Matthews Foods has been producing spreads since 1975.

Matthews Foods supplies all of the UK's major multiple retailers, is the primary supplier of fats to the food service trade and works in partnership with a wide range of food manufacturers.

CHRISTMAS PUDDING WITH ORANGE LIQUEUR SAUCE - Dairy Free Gluten Free Egg Free Suitable for Vegetarians and Vegans Number of Servings 8 Cooking Time 2 Hours Preparation Time 15 minutes Baking Tin 1 1/2 litre pudding dish Greaseproof paper and string INGREDIENTS 50g/2oz Dark Brown Muscovado Sugar 50g/2oz Rice Flour 50g/2oz PURE Spread 150g/51/2oz Ground Rice 6g sachet Easy Blend Yeast 1/2tsp Mixed Spice 1/2tsp Cinnamon 1/2tsp Nutmeg 300ml/1/2pint Orange Juice 2tbsp Orange Liqueur 1 small Apple, peeled and grated 375g/13oz Dried Mixed Fruit (currants, sultanas, dates, apricots etc) 1 Lemon Rind, Grated 1 Orange Rind, grated For Orange Liqueur Sauce 25g/1oz PURE Spread 5tbsp Cornflour or Rice Flour 600ml/1pint Soya or Rice Milk The peeled rind of an orange 3tbsp Sugar or Maple Syrup 3-5tbsp Orange Liqueur

METHOD

Grease the pudding basin with a little PURE. Mix sugar, rice flour, ground rice, yeast and spices together. Add the orange juice, margarine and apple. Mix together until smooth. Add the dried fruit, grated lemon and orange rind, mix well. Spoon the mixture into the pudding basin and tie on a double greaseproof lid. Steam for 2 hours. Leave to cool and store until required. To reheat steam for 1 hour.

Orange Liqueur Sauce - Blend some of the Soya milk with the rice flour to make a runny paste. Put the remaining Soya milk in a saucepan with the orange rind and sugar and heat slowly to infuse the milk for 10 minutes. Stand for 5 minutes then sieve to remove the orange. Put the infused milk into a clean saucepan and pour in the rice flour and paste. Stir continuously until the mixture begins to thicken. Add Pure and the orange liqueur, stir until blended. Serve hot over pudding.