I didn’t grow up eating Christmas Pudding, but I do love the Great British Baking Show, and I’m huge fans of both Jamie Oliver, and Nigella Lawson, so after seeing them present versions of this impressive steamed fruitcake over the years, I decided to give it a go, and I was very, very happy with the results. So happy in fact, I deemed it “fit for a Queen.” Enjoy!
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This seams to be missing the spices and has no sugar. Of course there is sweetness in the dried fruit, but without the spices, the flavour is going to be different.
This is a perfect video.
Lmao
Brandy butter is also a great accompaniment for Xmas pud.
It shouldnt touch the bottom bc pudding will burn!.
It sounds like heaven but with all that sweetness, l would make it just before going to heaven.
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But why does he talk like a robot
Why is this not fruitcake?
I would really like this pudding!
I have wanted to make a traditional English Christmas Pudding for some time, but always assumed it was too complicated to try it. This year I decided to give a go, and your recipe made it seem much less
daunting. Maybe it was replacing the suet with butter? I followed the recipe to the letter (except for the buttermilk – I used the lemon instead). Wow! This was amazing! The family loved it! Thanks for providing this recipe. It is now an established tradition in our house to have a Christmas pudding at holiday time – even after just one try!
Now that looks amazing.
This looks wonderful!
POOR FORM!
You don’t provide any way to get the recipe.
You only are pushing a paid membership to your content.
Bah humbug!!!!
PUD
Where are the plums?
Chef Johnnn! Just made this for xmas 23'..As an American all the fuss in the old Xmas songs are true! Bloody Brilliant! Yes.. I can say bloody….because after all… I am the Royal King of my Royal pudding! 😂
I use a scissors to cut up dried apricots and dates.
Everything is great except the presentation. The flambe is really the best part.
I made this recipe today, even had real maple syrup to brush on. Delicious.
My family however, lacking a refined palate, would require more sweetness, so I whipped up a quick hard sauce. Splendid.
Thanks to you and the good friend you haven't met for this new addition to my holiday arsenal of flavor.
The word "pudding" is the English word for sausage (the word "sausage" itself coming instead from the French). In England, the traditional sausage would be minced pork, suet, blood, seasonings, and sometimes breadcrumbs and flour stuffed in the entrails of a pig and boiled until firm.
Plum puddings were originally made very much the same way: bread crumbs and flour mixed with suet and sweetmeats (raisins, candied fruit etc) stuffed in the stomach of sheep or goat or other mammal and then boiled until firm. From there they went to being wrapped in tight-woven fabric and boiled, and now in the modern day they are more often steamed in a pudding basin.
The word "pudding" to refer to types of English sausage still lives on in foods like "black pudding".
"Plum" just means some sweet thing. So "plum pudding" if transliterated from Germanic-derived English to French-derived English would render to something like "desert sausage".
The parchment paper is needed so no water will ruin your pudding
One of the last things the Queen told me on that fateful day was that she doesn't do food processor pudding
"I don't know when I'll be asked to make dessert for the Queen."
I have bad news for you, dude.
"Doesn't contain any sugar"
Drowns the whole thing in maple syrup.
How!!? How did I miss this this two years ago!! Love it!
You’re awesome. So easy to listen to you. Love your recipes. You feel like a dear friend ❤
what about the brandy flame on!!! I'm sugar plums
At 3:08, that's more than a "little bit of salt" (1/2 teaspoon in the recipe)! 😉
Maple syrup, what the deuce?? Pour warmed brandy over the top and set fire to it, in the time honoured way.
Too much trouble
it's ok Holly, poinsettia and mistletoe are all poisonous anyway.
I don't think John will be making this for the queen any time soon…
In lieu of Holly or some mysterious poisonous berry, couldn't cherries be used on top? The other thought I had was to use rum instead of whiskey and call The Admiral's Admiral's Christmas pudding.
I am also one that is convinced that walnuts should be involved here.
I did it! It’s soooo good! Thank you!🎉
Pfft.. Didn't even sift the flour, unreal.
Thank you so much for the simplicity of this recipe. This is something I’ve always wanted to make but have been afraid to try.
Make this pudding for the Queen on the Fourth of July– Brilliant 😆
I'd much rather eat food for the commoner and not some overly fancy woman that has a position based on bloodline.
Mom made this every Xmas and I didn’t like it, who knew after all these years I’d miss this the most?
Ships = Oak, Cricket bats =Willow.
Pyracantha is not poisonous
I’m going to try my hand at making this pudding. Pondering the possibility of pressing it into a small Bundt pan (accidental alliteration) and presenting it with sugared berries in the center. That would give it a pretty, festive look. We’ll see if it works. 🙏🏼
More bourbon.