One of these traditional foods is Christmas pudding, which you may or may not have tried before.
What Is Christmas Pudding?
For anyone not familiar, Christmas pudding is essentially a sweet, steamed, dried-fruit pudding that usually makes its appearance during Christmas dinner. It’s traditionally made with suet (the saturated hard fat of beef, lamb or mutton), which is used for mincemeat and British Christmas pudding. This is a dessert that has its roots mainly in the UK, but is also celebrated and made in other countries such as Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the Caribbean. You may sometimes hear people calling Christmas pudding plum pudding, but don’t get it twisted—there are no plums involved. They probably called it that because raisins were once referred to as plums. And if suet freaks you out just a bit, have no fear: There are plenty of recipes included below without that addition.
How To Make Christmas Pudding
Recipes for Christmas pudding usually include dried fruit, flour, eggs, breadcrumbs and spices. Milk or alcohol is also present as the liquid to help bind the ingredients together. Over time these recipes have evolved, however, and nowadays, Christmas pudding can include many more ingredients. It can also be vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free and come in the form of Christmas pudding shots.
What Kind of Pudding Was Served in A Christmas Carol?
In the famous novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, the Christmas pudding mentioned was described as “hard and firm” and had been doused with brandy and ignited, before being garnished with a holly branch when it was served.
20 Best Christmas Pudding Recipes
There are so many different ways to make this authentic dessert—from sticky toffee pudding and mulled wine Christmas pudding, to sticky date pudding and easy figgy pudding. You’ll be amazed at just how enjoyable Christmas pudding can be! Get the recipe: Christmas Pudding with Hard Sauce Get the recipe: English Christmas Pudding Get the recipe: Slow Cooker Gingerbread Pudding Cake Get the recipe: Ginger Sticky Toffee Pudding Cake Get the recipe: Christmas Figgy Pudding Get the recipe: Gingerbread Pudding Cake Get the recipe: Melt-in-the-Middle Chocolate Pudding Get the recipe: Toffee Apple Steamed Pudding Get the recipe: Chocolate-Orange Pudding Get the recipe: Vegan Christmas Pudding Get the recipe: Traditional Christmas Pudding Get the recipe: Steamed Chocolate Pudding Get the recipe: Last-Minute Christmas Pudding Get the recipe: Gluten-Free Sticky Toffee Pudding Get the recipe: Mulled Wine Christmas Pudding Get the recipe: Boozy Christmas Gluten-Free Plum Pudding Get the recipe: Gluten-Free Sticky Date Pudding Get the recipe: Gluten-Free Sticky Toffee Pudding Cake Get the recipe: Traditional Gluten-Free Christmas Pudding Get the recipe: Sticky Toffee Pudding
