Christmas Pudding Help - Have I ruined it??

scottishminnie

To cut a long story short I made the Delia traditional Christmas pudding a few weeks back. As the recipe was quite generous and I only had smaller pudding basins I split into 2 and steamed per the recipe (8 hours).

Pudding 1 was steamed on the hob for full 8 hours
Pudding 2 steamed in the oven for about 7 (I got fed up)

Anyway yesterday I commented to a friend about how I thought they were drier than I had expected and she pointed out my abject stupidity.

I may have halved the quantity but I forgot to halve the cooking time and I also should have then deducted the time I planned to steam it on Christmas day so she said I should have steamed them for 3 hours absolute max.:eek:

Is there anything I can do to rescue them or is it a case of binning them and starting again. Friend thinks I'm stupid to even think I can rescue them but she's a glass half empty type so I'm looking for a second opinion.

I feel really stupid but I'd rather know now if I have to start all over again.

Thanks

mkgirl1981

are you planning feeding any booze or liquid into the puds, maybe if you do a bit day by day you will be able to put some more moisture back into them
otherwise im not sure youy could try asking on this forum you might get some better replies http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mbfood/NF8650210

Penelope_Penguin

scottishminnie wrote: »

To cut a long story short I made the Delia traditional Christmas pudding a few weeks back. As the recipe was quite generous and I only had smaller pudding basins I split into 2 and steamed per the recipe (8 hours).

Anyway yesterday I commented to a friend about how I thought they were drier than I had expected and she pointed out my abject stupidity.

Is there anything I can do to rescue them or is it a case of binning them and starting again. Friend thinks I'm stupid to even think I can rescue them but she's a glass half empty type so I'm looking for a second opinion.

The pudding is rescuable, which is more than I can say for the "friend"

Stick a few holes in it with a skewer and carefully feed it with a bit of brandy.

Steam it again on Christmas day, flame with more brandy, serve with brandy butter and you're sorted :T

themull1

Yes, christmas puddings are very resilient, as long as you feed it with booze, it will be fine. I love christmas pudding with rum sauce, mmmm!!

THE-WIFE_3

minnie I have a homemade Christmas pud that was made two years ago and I'm slowly putting slugs of brandy over it and I know from experience it will be fine, just steam it gently or pop it in the microwave with just a tiny trickle of water around the edge of a plate to help with the steaming, not for too long though check it regularly, takes about 1.5 minutes for 4-6 servings.

I love it but it gives me chronic indigestion, perhaps I should make a Rennies sauce

scottishminnie

Thanks all - I'm feeding the cake weekly at the moment anyway so will just start to feed the puds daily and hope that works. I'm also having champagne jellies for dessert so it won't be an absolute disaster if the pudding is slightly dry. I'll just have to make sure there is plenty brandy butter on hand

PP - the friend is an absolute drama queen - everything in her world is perfect. Last year I forgot to defrost the salmon and haddock terrine I'd premade for starters so ended up with Turkey Soup rather than a choice. (Had the terrine for Boxing day dinner instead) When she heard she said that would have ruined her Christmas dinner and that I must have been devastated. I don't think she has enough to occupy her time - a missing starter isn't exactly life or death to me:D

themull1

If you have any xmas pud left over, mix into slightly soft vanilla ice cream, and refreeze - mmmm!

scottishminnie

themull1 wrote: »

If you have any xmas pud left over, mix into slightly soft vanilla ice cream, and refreeze - mmmm!

mmm, that sounds nice. I make a good (even if I say so myself) ice cream which would be perfect. It's my very healthy version - I use low fat condensed milk instead of the fat stuff:rotfl: