The Best Christmas Pudding

Name: The Best Christmas Pudding
Yield: Makes 1 large and 1 small pudding
Ingredients: butter, for greasing; 6 oz (175 g) currants; 3 oz (75 g) glace cherries; 3 tablespoons (3 x 15 ml spoons) brandy, rum or whisky; 2 oranges, juice and coarsely grated rind; 8 oz (250 g) shredded suet; 8 oz (250 g) fresh white breadcrumbs; 6 eggs; ¼ whole nutmeg, grated; 1 teaspoon (5 ml spoon) ground cinnamon; 3 oz (75 g) walnut pieces; 6 oz (175 g) pitted prunes, roughly chopped; 12 oz (375 g) seedless raisins; 6 oz (175 g) candied peel

Preparation info

Makes
1
large and 1 small pudding

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Cooking for Christmas

By Josceline Dimbleby

Published 1978

About

This is certainly the best pudding I have eaten, Because it has no sugar and no flour it is lighter in texture than usual and much more palatable after a rich meal.

Ingredients

butter, for greasing
3 oz (75 g) glace cherries
6 o

Dessert
Christmas
December

Method

Generously butter a 2-pint (1.1-litre) and a 1-pint (600