What is the pudding in “A Christmas Carol”? It’s a richly spiced classic British dessert and studded with dried fruits. As you begin coming up with ideas for the holiday dessert menu ...

There are few foods as divisive on the festive dinner table as Christmas pudding. In a bid to settle the debate as to whether it’s actually good or not once and for all, we asked Team Stylist to ...

“We Wish You a Merry Christmas” is an ode to figgy pudding disguised as a straightforward Christmas song. Three out of four verses in some versions are dedicated ...

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 ...

there are lots of plants we fill our homes with at Christmas, but what about those we eat? Food has always been a big part of the festive season, none more so than the iconic figgy pudding. We take a ...

A perfect Christmas pudding of raisins, apples, dates and warm flavors like cinnamon, ginger, honey, a dash of rum etc. Pour the batter into oiled pudding tins. Cover with butter paper and tie with ...

Fruity and full of festive flavour, a traditional Christmas pudding is the ultimate way to round off celebrations. To find out how supermarket options compare, we asked 66 shoppers to blind-taste and ...

Store in a cool dark place. On Christmas day steam the pudding(s) for a further 3-4 hours. Turn the hot pudding out on to a large heatproof hotplate. Top with holly if you wish or flame the ...

Get motivated in November to make your Christmas pudding to have it mature in time. Check the Recipe Tips for instructions to cook your Christmas pudding in the pressure cooker or in the slow ...

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 ...