steamed pudding
- noun
- UK
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pudín al vapor
- It should go without saying that it is fabulous in steamed puddings, and that steamed puddings without treacle can be improved by serving with treacle sauce.
Examples
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The recipe calls for a traditional steamed pudding made with currants and spices.
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- Steamed pudding.
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It should go without saying that it is fabulous in steamed puddings, and that steamed puddings without treacle can be improved by serving with treacle sauce.
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For dessert, we enjoyed a warm steamed pudding topped with rich custard.
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At the party, everyone loved the light and fluffy steamed pudding served with fresh fruit.
Synonyms
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A soft sweet dessert made with milk and sugar
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Morphology
The meaning 'a pudding cooked by steaming' is directly and transparently derived from 'steamed' (cooked by steam) modifying 'pudding' (a soft dessert), following a regular adjective + noun composition. This cooking-term pattern is cross-linguistically common and aligns with standard English culinary expressions, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
The noun steamed pudding comes from the way it is made: a pudding is cooked above boiling water so it is steamed rather than baked. Imagine a cloth or bowl of batter sitting over a pot and getting soft from the steam, and you can see why the name means a pudding 'cooked by steam'.