Christmas pudding questions

icecreamdogpark

Well the large pudding has been steamed and it looks really good and smells fantastic even my "not a fan of puddings" husband can`t wait for Christmas Day to try it LOL

marmiterulesok

icecreamdogpark wrote: »

Well the large pudding has been steamed and it looks really good and smells fantastic even my "not a fan of puddings" husband can`t wait for Christmas Day to try it LOL

That's great!

I was desperate to taste my recently made Christmas pudding.I cut it in half,slightly off centre and then cut a thin slice off.I then sandwiched the two halfs together with a thin layer of honey.

The pudding tasted fine.It was my first time making them,so curious to check that they were edible!

Seakay

If you have a microwave it is much easier to use it on the day to heat the pudding rather than steaming again - for instance
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/grandmasrichchristma_70060

Primrose

We've just cooked and eaten a surplus Christmas pudding which was given to us fa year ago. When we opened it up after microwaving, it had shrunk in itse bowl to almost half size. Do long-term stored Christmas puddings usually evaporate in this way?

Pink.

Hi Primrose,

My MIL has made our Christmas pudding for almost thirty years and for some reason about twenty years ago we didn't eat it at Christmas. I put it away for the following year and that's how we discovered that they taste so much better having been stored for a year so that's what we always do now....eat the pudding from the previous Christmas.

In my experience there is no difference in the size of the pudding, but the there is a massive difference in the taste.

Once you've had more replies I'll add your thread to the main Christmas pudding questions thread as your query may help others.

Pink

Primrose

Well, I must confess, there wasn't much of it but we found it truly delicious and neither of us are great Christmas pudding lovers. It was an ASDA one. I've read that this is now the Queen's choice for her staff Christmas present. Obviously better quality than Harrods !

Farway

Primrose wrote: »

I've read that this is now the Queen's choice for her staff Christmas present. Obviously better quality than Harrods !

Or cheaper anyway

lostinrates

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Um....don't think she has bought much at all since her husband and the last owner had a rather large falling out over ''the car crash''. My guess is its not because ASDA is better its because its cheaper than Fortnums/selfridges etc etc.

TBH though we have done comprehensive testing and found morrisons to be our favourite, to our taste the best and better than the top food halls ones (dh buys them after christmas in the sales and chomps on them through the year: I'm not such a fan''

Gigervamp

When my nan was alive, she used to make the puddings and they would often be kept for at least a year, if not several.

Nowadays, as I'm the only one who eats it, I usually buy a small one rather than make my own. This year though, I was tempted by the full size Panettone pudding from Lidl, so I got that. It was lovely and I've just bought another (half price!) to put away for next christmas.

[Deleted User]

I have always cooked my puddings with a greaseproof and foil lid over the top of the basin. Last year one pudding spoiled where condensation had fallen on to the cooked pudding. I have read that you should put a greaseproof disc directly on the pudding.

Any thoughts?