“Instead of brandy butter with our Christmas pudding, we use mulled wine,” the chef shared. If you go by Mary Berry’s advice, that’ll mean you’ll have a bit of the classic tipple in ...

Make this easy Christmas pudding on Stir-up Sunday. Keep feeding it with brandy regularly to allow the flavours to develop. Lightly grease 4x600ml/1 pint or 2x1.2 litre/2 pint pudding basins.

in order to allow it least a month to mature before being consumed on Christmas Day. At Christmas, the pudding is doused in brandy and set alight. FAQs about BBC Food ...

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 pudding with brandy. (I do this ...

Bettys Champagne Christmas Pudding £24.95, 760g (0800 456 1919; www.bettys.co.uk) Bettys’ new recipe for this year got a big thumbs up from the team—unique in its citrusy, rich, Champagne taste.

Once done, remove and store in a fridge or larder. On Christmas Day, steam the pudding in the basins in the double boiler again for three hours before serving. Best served with double cream, brandy ...

And then a Christmas pudding with brandy butter and cream. - Christmas pudding. Oh, love a bit of Christmas pudding. - Mince pie with brandy custard. Yeah, that's the best. - I'm getting so hungry.

Do you see a glorious, flaming brown half-sphere just waiting to be smothered in brandy butter? Or would that be your idea of a Christmas nightmare? The Christmas pudding is a quintessential part ...