Christmas pudding Recipes

The traditional sauce for Christmas pudding is a "hard sauce", that's to say brandy butter but I can't help feeling that this corner-cutting…Read on

This recipe is my own but at the same time a conflation of a couple of Italian Christmas must-haves: the glorious, fruit-studded panettone…Read on

You just cannot beat a pav in summer, and in particular this dark beauty. The crisp and chewy chocolate meringue base, rich in cocoa…Read on

I don’t deny it: there is something unattractively boastful about calling one’s own recipe “ultimate”. But…Read on

There is a wonderful poetry to the name of this pudding which, thankfully, once eaten could never be forgotten. It's an old, old recipe…Read on

This is another of my maternal grandmother's recipes. I've changed it a bit, not least substituting dark rum for her juice and zest…Read on

A warming, welcoming pud full of seasonal spice that can be thrown together in a matter of minutes. Truly a pudding to give thanks…Read on

I've long been tinkering about with a bottle of Bailey's, seeing how it could best be called upon in the kitchen, and I think, with…Read on

This is incredibly easy to make; even if you're stressed out, it won't topple you over into nervous collapse. It's such an accommodating…Read on

I don't think I could write a book that didn't include a recipe for trifle somewhere - and this, I tell you, is the trifle to end…Read on

Mince pies have always been the first treat of the festive season in my household. However, I have always dreaded coming acoss a bitter…Read on

Express and instant mouthfuls of Christmas treats.Read on

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