Christmas Pudding Recipe Delia

You will need two days to make it plus 6 8 weeks for maturing time so best to make it in late october early november.

Christmas pudding recipe delia. Take your largest roomiest mixing bowl and start by putting in the suet and breadcrumbs spices and sugar. This recipe makes one large pudding in a 2 pint basin ceramic bowl. Delia s traditional christmas pudding recipe. They call the day you make your christmas pudding stir up sunday but with this recipe you leave the mixture overnight before steaming so it s best to do the stirring on the saturday and steam on the sunday.

From delia smith s christmas cookbook. This one s always been a winner in my 40 years of cookery writing. If you want to make individual christmas puddings for gifts this quantity makes three 6 oz 175 g small metal pudding basins. If you ve never made a christmas pudding please don t be put off by the eight hours steaming it isn t any work it just sits happily on its own getting the long slow cooking which is what gives it.

Stand the puddings in a deep large pan or 2 if that s easier on trivets or upturned saucers and pour boiling water around so it comes about a third of the way up. Steam them for 3 hours then re steam for 1 hour. Cover each pudding with a sheet of foil with a folded pleat down the centre to allow the pudding to expand and secure everything by tying it tightly with some string. Makes 2 x 2 pint puddings which serve 6 8 or 4 x 1 pint puddings which serve 4.

Begin the day before you want to steam the pudding. They look pretty wrapped in silicone paper and muslin and tied with attractive bows and tags. Christmas is the time when indulgence is pretty much compulsory so try some of these christmas puddings as part of your festive menu from the traditional ultimate christmas pudding and anglo italian trifle to an easy and delicious chocolate raspberry pav. Delia s delia s classic christmas pudding with brandy sauce recipe.

A 1 2 litre pudding basin lightly greased baking parchment foil and string and a traditional or fan type steamer.