Just warm some brandy in a saucepan, set it alight, and pour it over the ice cream for a similar flaming effect. This holiday season, give Prue Leith's twist on Christmas pudding a whirl and ...

Do you see a glorious, flaming brown half-sphere just waiting to be smothered in brandy butter? Or would that be your idea of a Christmas nightmare? The Christmas pudding is a quintessential part ...

Steaming a Christmas pudding can seem like a daunting task ... then stand back slightly, pour the flaming booze over the pudding and await applause. Sign up to our newsletter to get more articles ...

You either love it or you really can't see what the big attraction is - we're talking Christmas pudding. So do you look forward to finishing off your Christmas feast with a traditional flaming ...

For dessert, it's a tradition in our family to dim the lights and sing We Wish You A Merry Christmas as the pudding is brought, flaming, to the table. Lashings of brandy applied to the pudI love ...

The Christmas pudding we recognise today is a Victorian dish made from suet, dried fruit, candied peel, breadcrumbs, spices, egg and grated carrots and apples. The Victorians shaped their puddings ...

A classic Christmas pudding recipe with dark, rich fruit and a hidden surprise. Quinces add a delicious fragrance if you can get hold of them. For this recipe you will need two 1.5 litre(2½ pint ...