I normally make our Christmas puddings on Stir-Up Sunday (the last Sunday before Advent), however, as I had to order Atora suet online and wait for it to be delivered from the UK, I was late making them this year.
I always wash and sort my fruit, removing any stalks, before I start mixing the Christmas pudding.
I bought these pudding basins a few years ago and they always come out for the Christmas puddings.
The print on the bowls says, ‘Is in the eating’.
Once mixed thoroughly, I packed the mixture into the two pudding basins. As there are only two of us eating them, I prefer two smaller ones, to one large one, so that I can save one for New Year.
Once covered with baking parchment and wrapped in foil, I cooked them in the slow cooker for two and a half hours. I much prefer this method to steaming them over a pan, as I don’t have to worry about the pan boiling dry and it doesn’t fill the kitchen with steam.
They are now wrapped in fresh parchment and foil and stored in a cool place until Christmas.
I was a week late making the Christmas pudding as I forgot about the suet although we have the vegetarian version. Once I'd finally got the ingredients together it got made, and like your puddings is now in a cool place:)
ReplyDeleteI’m sure a week won’t make any difference to the flavour. I always use vegetable suet - much prefer the idea of this to beef suet. Marie x
DeleteGlad you were able to get your suet and make your puddings this year, Marie! And I like that slow cooker method idea--better than a pan on the cooker an going dry, or too much steam. Personally I prefer a Christmas cake to a pudding. It's a texture things, as I don't care for the texture of steamed pudding--they they taste good. ;) There's something lovely and comforting about making all these goodies for Christmas, isn't there? Happy Days as you make ready for the holidays... ((HUGS))
ReplyDeleteI understand why the idea of laying food away for Christmas was the custom in years gone by. There is a huge sense of satisfaction from having goodies ready for the festive season. Marie x
DeleteI love those bowls! My mother has made the family's Christmas puddings for more than fifty years so I've never made them, but when I was a child we had one on Christmas Day, one on Easter Sunday, one on May bank holiday and one on August bank holiday. We love Christmas pudding! x
ReplyDeleteI think that a pudding basin is the perfect finishing touch to a homemade pudding. They are very easy to make and taste delicious. You are certainly big fans of Christmas pudding! Marie x
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