Steamed Christmas pudding recipe

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This purse-friendly steamed Christmas pudding recipe makes two large puds and works out at just 35p per serving. Serve with plenty of brandy butter.

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  • healthy
Serves10
SkillMedium
Preparation Time15 mins
Cooking Time8 hours 30 mins
Total Time8 hours 45 mins (includes steaming and reheating)
Cost RangeCheap
Nutrition Per PortionRDA
Calories385 Kcal19%
Fat12.5 g18%
Saturated Fat5.5 g28%

Here’s a Christmas classic, packed full of festive flavours like brandy, mixed spice, and dried fruit. Christmas pudding has been served in the UK since medieval times, and there’s a reason it’s still on the menu today.

If you’ve blown your budget on turkey and trimmings, you can still enjoy this steamed Christmas pudding – this purse-friendly recipe makes two large puds and works out at just 35p per serving.  Steaming is the best way to keep the pudding moist while giving it that classic texture and flavour. Serve with plenty of brandy butter or vanilla ice cream.

Ingredients

  • 2 x 500g bags mixed dried fruit (including mixed peel and glace cherries)
  • 125ml brandy
  • 1 large Bramley apple, peeled, cored and grated
  • Zest and juice of 2 oranges
  • 250g dark muscovado sugar
  • 5 large free-range eggs, beaten
  • 225g shredded suet
  • 225g fresh breadcrumbs
  • 150g self-raising flour
  • 1tsp ground mixed spice
  • 1tsp ground cinnamon

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Method

  1. Soak dried fruit in the brandy overnight. Add the apple, orange zest and juice and sugar and mix well. Stir in the eggs.
  2. Mix the suet, breadcrumbs, flour and spices with a pinch of salt. Add to the fruit and stir well. Spoon into a greased basin, cover with pleated baking parchment. Top with pleated foil and secure with string.
  3. Steam for 5-6 hours and cool.
  4. To reheat your pud, put it in a steamer for 2-2 1/2 hours until hot through.

Top tips for making this steamed Christmas pudding

As this recipe makes two large puddings, why not make one for the family and one as a gift for a friend or neighbor? The perfect time to make your Christmas pudding is on Stir-Up Sunday (26th November), but it can be made up to three months in advance.

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Jessica Dady
Food Editor

Jessica Dady is Food Editor at GoodtoKnow and has over 11 years of experience as a digital editor, specialising in all things food, recipes, and SEO. From the must-buy seasonal food hampers and advent calendars for Christmas to the family-friendly air fryers that’ll make dinner time a breeze, Jessica loves trying and testing various food products to find the best of the best for the busy parents among us. Over the years of working with GoodtoKnow, Jessica has had the privilege of working alongside Future’s Test Kitchen to create exclusive videos - as well as writing, testing, and shooting her own recipes. When she’s not embracing the great outdoors with her family at the weekends, Jessica enjoys baking up a storm in the kitchen with her favourite bakes being chocolate chip cookies, cupcakes, and a tray of gooey chocolate brownies