Christmas Pudding With Pedro Ximenez

Nigella s ultimate christmas pudding from nigella christmas has dried fruits that are soaked in pedro ximenez sherry for one week fortunately as the fruits are dried and the sherry contains sugar and alcohol then the mixture should keep for slightly longer if left in a cool place and we suspect that they will still be useable after 3 weeks.

Christmas pudding with pedro ximenez. I want to make nigella s utlimate christmas pudding recipe using pedro ximenez sherry. The perfect christmas pudding. Felicity cloake s perfect christmas pudding. Roughly chopped 50g candied peel 175ml pedro ximénez sherry 150g soft light brown sugar 1 2 tsp mixed spice 75g.

As it is a specific style of sherry the actual label or producer should not matter too much and we have made the christmas pudding with a couple of different labels of the px sherry. But can i use gluten free flour. Nigella s ultimate christmas pudding from christmas and on the nigella website is made using fresh white breadcrumbs and plain all purpose flour. This year as we stand together and eat like kings we ll light a candle and hope that the ghosts of our christmas future will one day burn brighter than the past.

Traditional christmas pudding with pedro ximénez and brown sugar and fig ice cream. String and foil if your pudding basil doesn t have a lockable lid. Pedro ximenez sherry or px is sweet sherry which is named after the white perdro ximenez grape from which it is made. Unfortunately we have not made the pudding with gluten free.

Before serving place pudding bowl in a large saucepan pour in enough hot water to reach just below the rim cover and simmer over medium heat adding more hot water as necessary until warmed through 1 1 hours. They re best made five to six weeks before the big day so now is a good time as any to start planning. Px or pedro ximénez is a dark sweet sherry with flavours of molasses and raisins. 1 x 2 litre pudding basin.

Stout brings a richness and deep chocolatey notes and armagnac lends a boozy christmas cheer to the finished pudding. With booze soaked currants lashings of brandy and glacé fruits these christmas pudding recipes are a classic sweet finish to your yuletide feast. Put the currants golden raisins and scissored pitted prunes into a bowl with the pedro ximénez swill the bowl a bit then cover with clingfilm and leave to steep overnight or for up to 1 week. Pedro ximenez is a sweet sherry with rich raisin and currant flavours that perfectly complement the spiced fruit.

You will need a 1 7 litre 3 pint 1 quart heatproof plastic pudding basin with a lid and also a sprig of holly to decorate. Espresso and pedro ximenex christmas pudding.