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[Eggasperated]

Made my Christmas puddings today, one is steaming away (in the pressure cooker) as I type. Didn't have quite enough citrus peel so made it up with some glacé ginger that I found in the cupboard, after I put the brandy and rum in there was only a little bit left in each bottle so I chucked that in as well for good measure .

I think making the puddings are one of my favourite bits of Christmas, apart from eating them of course .

[kinsk]

What recipe did you use?

 

I was thinking about doing one this year. My MIL always makes Christmas cake and it wouldn't do to step on her toes so was going to have a bash at a Christmas pud.

[Eggasperated]

What recipe did you use?

 

It's from my Prestige pressure cooker book that I've had for years, it makes two 1lb puddings and we usually have the second one at Easter; although one year we forgot and had it in October when it was a year old and it was really lovely.

[Daphne]

We make ours too, from a recipe allegedly from the 1770s, it was in a newspaper a few years ago. We make 2 at a time, and if we don't eat both then the 2nd one is used the following Xmas - its always delicious. Making Xmas pud is OH's domain, its not difficult at all, just requires quite a few ingredients and lots of mixing. We boil (simmer) ours in a saucepan for hours, a pressure cooker would be much quicker. I love Christmas pud, my Nan made ours all through my life till about 15 years ago, and although I can't honestly say homemade is masses better than a shop bought one, you do get the pleasure of doing it, and are totally sure what you've put in it.

[chickencam]

I have made Delia's Traditional pud for years and it makes 2 so we have the other one the following year and it is always lovely, so we only make then alternate years.

[Willow]

I'm torn, went away to SIL last year so took a heston one wth candied orange from waitrose and it was wonderful But I always make puddings and love the ritual and we are at home this year

[Olly]

Think I'm at home this year, and I think that I ate the 'spare' pudding for last year's Christmas dinner, so perhaps I should get going! I always use Delia's recipe as well.

 

A useful tip - because I work full time and I am out a lot, I don't always have time to boil a pudding for the requisite number of hours. It works perfectly well if you boil it for, say, 3 hours one night and 3 hours the next rather than 6 hours (or whatever it takes) in one hit - as long as it gets the right time in total. It is nigh on impossible for me to be in the house for long enough to do a full boil, and I discovered some years ago that this works just as well.

[Egluntyne]

I'm torn, went away to SIL last year so took a heston one wth candied orange from waitrose and it was wonderful But I always make puddings and love the ritual and we are at home this year

 

Best of both worlds - Patsylabrador's Mum's Homemade Heston type Christmas Pud

[bluekarin]

I'm torn, went away to SIL last year so took a heston one wth candied orange from waitrose and it was wonderful But I always make puddings and love the ritual and we are at home this year

 

Best of both worlds - Patsylabrador's Mum's Homemade Heston type Christmas Pud

 

....and that is what I will be making this year! Sounds delish! I am another Delia classic pudding maker, but time to ring in the changes