Traditional Christmas Pudding

December 23, 2006 By Leave a Comment
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We would always have a traditional homemade christmas pudding at christmas - served with cream, custard or my personal favourite rum sauce. The pudding would always have been made a few weeks in advance and left to mature, and I do believe to this day that the almost daily brushing of alcohol is what made it so very special. I personally do not take well this tradition of setting fire to the pudding just before serving - yes, it looks impressive. But it always leaves a bitter taste to the … [Read more...]

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Boozy Christmas Pudding

December 19, 2006 By Leave a Comment
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Makes 2 puddings. Ingredients 8 oz moist sugar (use soft brown ) 8 oz suet 8 oz sultanas cleaned 8 oz raisins halved and stoned 4 oz currants washed and dried 4 oz shredded mixed candied peel 4 oz of plain flour 4 oz breadcrumbs 2 oz almonds blanched and shredded the grated rind of a 1 lemon 3 eggs a salt spoonful of nutmeg grated half a teaspoon of salt quarter pint of milk 2tbs Brandy, 2tbs Whiskey & 2bs Sherry Instructions Grease two one pound pudding … [Read more...]

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Mizmo’s Christmas Cake

December 13, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Mizmoe´s Christmas Cake

All credit for this christmas cake recipe goes to my mother who created it hen I was a wee child. She has kindly consented to me posting it here. Ingredients 6oz Margarine 1tsp Almond Essence 3 eggs – room temperature 8oz Plain Flour (strong – preferably bread) 1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder 1 1/2 tsp Mixed Spice 3/4 tsp Ground Ginger 3/4 tsp Ground Cinnamon 3/4 tsp Salt (not low salt) 1oz Ground Almonds (preferably bought whole and ground yourself) 6oz Stoned Raisins 5oz … [Read more...]

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Christmas Chocolate Log

December 13, 2006 By Leave a Comment
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To be fair Christmas Log was never a large part of my childhood memories - I did not discover the delight of a christmas log cake until I was in my early twenties. My family always had a fairly small selecton - christmas pudding, sherry triffle or fruit salad! Always the same, every single year. I do love all three but sometimes it would have been nice to vary it from year to year - but variety was never the source of pleasure with my family, provided it came in vast quantities they were … [Read more...]

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