Christmas Pudding Challenge...

Kavanne

Right

So

My mum hates candied peel. I am not that fond of it either.

As such, this year I have volunteered to make a Christmas Pudding rather than her go without, as usual.

However, all the recipes I can find want me to put this vulgar ingredient in.

Question 1: Does anyone have a recipe that does not involve candied peel?

or Question 2: What can I use instead?!

Thanks

ifonlyitwaseasier

just leave it out and top up the weight with currants,

thats what i do when i don't like things (nuts!!)

ps . i think my mum uses a delia recipe for pudding but i can never find the recipe as she hides her special notebook!!

Kavanne

ifonlyitwaseasier wrote: »

just leave it out and top up the weight with currants,

thats what i do when i don't like things (nuts!!)

ps . i think my mum uses a delia recipe for pudding but i can never find the recipe as she hides her special notebook!!

Thanks. Is your mum's recipe this one: http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/cuisine/european/english/traditional-christmas-pudding.html

?? Not much peel in that one anyway (compared to some others)

Er, now my mother in law is Vegetarian... can I get vegetarian suet?!

Penelope_Penguin

Kavanne wrote: »

My mum hates candied peel. I am not that fond of it either.

However, all the recipes I can find want me to put this vulgar ingredient in.

That's a first - I've never heard an ingredient referred to as vulgar on OS :rotfl:

Do as I do and make your own candied peel from real fruit - that's not vulgar, it's artisnal

Penny. x

pretz_2

hey im sure in one of my mags i found a recipe for chocolate and cherry christmas oud as i really dont like christmas food of any sort and the vegetarian suet you can get its just a green box instead of blue and says vegetable however it is lower fat i don't know how this would affect the pud or even if it would

i'll have a look for that recipe after x factor

pretz
x

paulwf

Veggie suet is fine, I doubt you'll find a non-veggie Christmas pud in any supermarket.

Just replace the peel with some cherries or currants.

ubamother

I don't like it either, unless its the very expensive strip stuff which I rarely buy - I use cherries too - or chopped dried dates/apricots/prunes

MrsE_2

My aunt makes one out of an old Dairy cookery book, it was fab, not very dark, more brown than black & very nutty.
Shame she lives in another country.

Anyone have an old Dairy cookery book?

LJM

yes i agree leave it out and replace the amount with other mixed fruits

Miss_Rosie_Beau

Hi! Both me and my mum are veggie and I make Chrimbo pud for us every year. I use either bought Atora veggie suet or if I don't have any or am not feeling too flush (I find the fruit I use a bit expensive) then I put a block of hard vegetable fat in the freezer for a while and then grate it with a cheese grater. Ping! Just as good as the bought suet! I can't remember where I picked that little gem up from. Veggie suet does not effect your pudding at all.

On the candied peel thing...I hate "normal fruit" so I just use whatever else I like so long as I make up the right quantities. The general favourite is natural cherries (not the bright horrid ones), cranberries and blueberries. No candied peel need be involved! Yum yum!
Oh! And I use the recipie from my trusty old Bero book.
xxx

Stephen_Leak

A bit of-topic, but can I pass on an old Oz Clarke recommendation for a wine to serve with Xmas pud - tried and tested by me over many years. Moscatel de Valencia - honey sweet on its own, but just take a mouthful of pud and a sip of this wine ... Trust me, it's delicious. And the wine isn't difficult to get or expensive either. ASDA have it currently for under £4.00 a bottle.