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Our tips for Christmas pudding

  • Left-over Christmas pud

    If you love Christmas pudding, it is fantastic the next day, sliced and fried in a little butter until crispy on both sides and served with brandy butter or vanilla ice cream. Try not to think of the calories!

  • Lighten up your Christmas pudding

    Submitted by John Cumberland, Liverpool

    Chrismas pudding - if yours comes out like a solid lump don't despair. Put the heavy pudding into a larger bowl and cut it up so that you get a lot of air into it. Crumble it if you can. Replace it into the original bowl. Microwave it. It heats up very quickly because the fruit conducts the microwave energy quicker than you might think. What might have been a solid lump will now be the lightest Christmas pudding you have ever eaten. Don't foget to add a tablespoon of brandy over the piping hot pud and the same goes for the hot custard sauce. Enjoy.

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