Christmas pudding, a traditional British dessert, is a rich, dark, and moist cake that is enjoyed during the holiday season. Made with a variety of dried fruits, nuts, spices, and suet, this classic dish is often served with a sweet, creamy nutmeg sauce. Whether you are looking for a traditional recipe passed down through generations or a more modern twist on this festive treat, there are many delicious variations of Christmas pudding with nutmeg sauce to choose from.
Here are our top 10 tried and tested recipes!
CHRISTMAS PUDDING WITH NUTMEG SAUCE
An adaptation of the traditional holiday staple, my fruity plum pudding stays true to those time-honored rustic flavors.-Deb Thompson, Lincoln, Nebraska
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 2h35m
Yield 8 servings (1/2 cup sauce).
Number Of Ingredients 21
Steps:
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, milk and molasses. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and spices; gradually add to creamed mixture. Stir in apple, raisins, cherries and dates., Pour into a well-greased 6-cup pudding mold or metal gelatin mold. Cover with foil. Place on a rack in a deep kettle. Add 1 in. of boiling water to kettle; cover and boil gently until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 2 to 2-1/2 hours, replacing water as needed. Let stand 5 minutes before unmolding., In a small saucepan, combine sugar and cornstarch. Stir in water until smooth. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook and stir until thickened, 1-2 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in butter and nutmeg. Unmold pudding onto a serving plate; cut into wedges. Serve warm with sauce.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 469 calories, Fat 14g fat (8g saturated fat), Cholesterol 85mg cholesterol, Sodium 279mg sodium, Carbohydrate 85g carbohydrate (56g sugars, Fiber 3g fiber), Protein 6g protein.
CHRISTMAS PUDDING SAUCE
I remember grandma bringing a white cake to the table after supper, and our eyes lighted up when she also brought this sauce to pour on top. Great on cakes, ice cream, fruit cakes, and bread pudding.
Provided by CookingMonster
Categories Sauces
Time 20m
Yield 1 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Boil first 4 ingredients and then add the last three ingredients.
- Pour over white cake, fruit cake, ice cream or bread puddings.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1004.5, Fat 11.4, SaturatedFat 2, Sodium 811.5, Carbohydrate 229.4, Fiber 0.2, Sugar 212.2, Protein 0.2
CHRISTMAS PUDDING
Provided by Jean F. Tibbetts
Categories dessert
Time 8h20m
Yield 8 - 10 servings
Number Of Ingredients 22
Steps:
- Combine raisins, candied fruit, cherries, apple, carrot, orange and lemon zests, almonds and butter in a large bowl and mix well.
- Combine flour, bread crumbs, sugar, ginger, nutmeg, cloves and salt in a small bowl; stir to mix, and add to fruit mixture.
- Lightly beat eggs with orange and lemon juices and 3 tablespoons Cognac in small bowl. Pour over pudding mixture; blend with fingers.
- Lightly grease a 1-quart pudding basin with vegetable oil and line the bottom with a greased circle of wax paper cut to fit. Pack the pudding mixture into the prepared basin; cover with another fitted and greased wax paper circle. Cover basin with a dampened towel, securing it by tying with kitchen twine.
- Place basin on a rack in a 5-quart saucepan. Add 10 cups water and set over high heat. Bring to boil, cover, reduce heat and simmer 8 hours; add hot water when necessary.
- Remove basin from water and cool to room temperature. Remove the towel and top circle of wax paper. Run sharp knife around inside edge of basin. Invert onto a platter.
- Ignite warm Cognac and pour it over the pudding. As flame dies, top with holly. Serve immediately with Devon cream-yogurt sauce on side.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 282, UnsaturatedFat 5 grams, Carbohydrate 42 grams, Fat 11 grams, Fiber 3 grams, Protein 5 grams, SaturatedFat 5 grams, Sodium 168 milligrams, Sugar 25 grams, TransFat 0 grams
AUNT CAROLINE'S CHRISTMAS PUDDING
My Aunt Caroline's classic Christmas Pudding recipe that is a wonderful Christmas tradition. Excellent served with sauce and ice cream!
Provided by Don
Categories Desserts Custards and Pudding Recipes
Time 3h45m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 21
Steps:
- In a large bowl, mix together the suet and 1 cup brown sugar until smooth. Stir in the carrot, potato, egg, salt and vanilla. Mix in enough buttermilk to make a loose batter. Sift 1/2 cup of flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg into a separate bowl. Stir into the carrot mixture just until blended. Fold in the raisins, currants, cherries and mixed fruit.
- Grease the inside of two wide mouth pint jars. Divide the mixture evenly between the two jars filling about 3/4 full. Cover with lids, but only screw the rings on enough so they don't fall off. The cake will need to expand while cooking. Place a rack or trivet in the bottom of a large pot to keep the jars off of the bottom. Fill the pot with enough water to come halfway up the sides of the jars. Cover the pot with a lid and bring the water to a boil.
- Steam the pudding for 3 hours. Carefully remove the jars and adjust the lids and screw on the rings. Allow to cool to room temperature. The lids should snap down to seal as they cool. Allow the pudding to age for a few weeks before serving.
- Before serving, make the sauce: In a small saucepan, stir together 1/2 cup brown sugar, salt and 1 tablespoon of flour until there are no lumps. Stir in the water and bring to a boil. Simmer over medium heat until thickened, about 5 minutes.
- Serve the pudding warm, or slice and fry in butter before spooning the sauce over the top.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 569.7 calories, Carbohydrate 86.1 g, Cholesterol 40.4 mg, Fat 24.5 g, Fiber 2.6 g, Protein 3.5 g, SaturatedFat 13.4 g, Sodium 494.7 mg, Sugar 58.8 g
NUTMEG SAUCE
From a 1930s hand written cookbook from Neligh Ne. She had this written down two times so she used it for something important to her. We use vanilla sauce on pound cake in our family. This sauce is wicked good on my spice cake recipe . It will bump up old coffee cake. Mr. picky was licking the pan. The top part of the recipe was how it was written; at the bottom was how I did it.
Provided by Dienia B.
Categories Dessert
Time 12m
Yield 1 1/2 cups
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Blend cornstarch and sugar.
- Add boiling water, stirring constantly until thick.
- Add lemon juice, butter, nutmeg and salt.
- Serve warm.
- My Method:.
- I just whisked everything, except the butter, together and cooked it.
- When boiling hot, I whisked in the butter and stirred until thickened.
CHRISTMAS PUDDING AKA SUET PUDDING
My Grandmother made this every Thanksgiving. I couldn't wait to go visit her to get a bowl. It's very rich and you can't eat very much. Don't let the ingredients keep you from making it. It wonderful.
Provided by Mimi Hall
Categories Dessert
Time 3h30m
Yield 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Mix all ingredients together. Divide batter into either 3 one pound coffee cans {mold} or 1 three pound coffee can {mold}that have been greased well. Cover open end with cheesecloth and rubber band Steam for 3 hours.
- {It freezes well}.
- Nutmeg Sauce.
- 1/4 cup. oleo melted in fry pan.
- Stir in flour about 1/4 cup flour.
- Mix with boiling water to gravy consistency. Flavor with nutmeg, vanilla and sugar to taste.
- Pudding and sauce is best when served warm.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 467.9, Fat 22.7, SaturatedFat 11.1, Cholesterol 14.9, Sodium 365, Carbohydrate 61.5, Fiber 1.6, Sugar 23.9, Protein 5.4
BREAD PUDDING WITH NUTMEG
I always make this bread pudding recipe for my dad on his birthday and on holidays. He says it tastes exactly like the bread pudding with nutmeg he enjoyed as a child. -Donna Powell, Montgomery City, Missouri
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 55m
Yield 6 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- In a large bowl, lightly beat eggs. Combine milk and butter; add to eggs along with sugar, salt, spices and vanilla. Add bread cubes and, if desired, raisins; stir gently. , Pour into a well-greased 11x7-in. baking dish. Bake at 350° until a knife inserted 1 in. from edge comes out clean, 40-45 minutes. , Meanwhile, for sauce, combine the sugar, cornstarch and salt in a saucepan. Stir in water until smooth. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook and stir until thickened, about 2 minutes. Remove from the heat. Stir in the butter, vanilla and nutmeg. Serve with warm pudding.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 419 calories, Fat 19g fat (11g saturated fat), Cholesterol 118mg cholesterol, Sodium 534mg sodium, Carbohydrate 56g carbohydrate (40g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 7g protein.
BAKED CHRISTMAS PUDDING AND RUM SAUCE
Light Christmas pudding. My family does not like all the peel and dried fruits. This pudding is very tasty without being to heavy. This recipe was printed in the local newspaper 25 years ago.
Provided by anola
Categories Dessert
Time 1h35m
Yield 10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Pudding:.
- Cream margarine. Add sugar, eggs and mincemeat. Sift dry ingredients. Combine jelly, orange peel, juice and add alternately with flour mixture. Stir in 1 cup walnuts (optional). Pour into greased 10 inch tube pan. Bake in 325 degree oven for 80-90 minutes. Cool and unmold. (the mincemeat used in this recipe is canned mincemeat used for fruit pies, not ground meat).
- Sauce:.
- Combine sugar, butter and cornstarch. Dissolve in water. Bring slowly to boiling point stirring occasionally. Cook until thickened. Remove from heat.
- Serve over pudding. If sauce has cooled at serving time reheat.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 777.2, Fat 19.6, SaturatedFat 7.8, Cholesterol 66.7, Sodium 521.7, Carbohydrate 147.8, Fiber 1.8, Sugar 107.7, Protein 4.4
STEAMED CHRISTMAS PUDDING
The variations on this are endless because the filling can be any combination of mincemeat, pumpkin and/or cranberry sauce, but here's my favorite combination.
Provided by Leeza
Categories Fruits and Vegetables Vegetables Squash
Time 3h20m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Grease one 2-quart lidded pudding mold. Sift together the flour, sugar and cinnamon; set aside.
- In a large bowl, mix together the eggs, butter, mincemeat, cranberry sauce and pumpkin. Add to flour mixture and mix until smooth; pour into pudding mold.
- Place a rack in the bottom of a large pot, over medium heat, and fill 1/2 way up with boiling water. Place the pudding on the rack. Steam for 2 1/2 hours.
- Check the pan occasionally and add more water if needed. Check for doneness by inserting a toothpick in the center. When firm, place the pudding mold on a rack outside of the water for 10 minutes and unmold.
- Prepare a sauce by blending together the sour cream, cream cheese and confectioners sugar. Spoon dollops over warm pudding and serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 489.5 calories, Carbohydrate 65.1 g, Cholesterol 105 mg, Fat 23.4 g, Fiber 1.9 g, Protein 7.1 g, SaturatedFat 14.2 g, Sodium 497.9 mg, Sugar 43.7 g
NUTMEG HARD SAUCE
This sauce can be made a few days ahead and stored in the fridge. Bring to room temperature before serving. Serve with your Christmas pudding. From Crabtree and Evelyn.
Provided by Queenkungfu
Categories Sauces
Time 15m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- In a mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar until very light and fluffy.
- Add cognac, nutmeg, vanilla, and salt and beat until very light.
- If sauce seems too stiff, slowly add up to 2 tablespoons of cream.
- Spoon into a small serving dish and grate a little nutmeg over top.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 407.3, Fat 25.9, SaturatedFat 16.4, Cholesterol 71.3, Sodium 45.3, Carbohydrate 45.2, Fiber 0.1, Sugar 44.2, Protein 0.4
Tips:
- Prep ahead: You can make the pudding and sauce up to a month ahead of time. Simply store them in the refrigerator or freezer until you're ready to serve.
- Use high-quality ingredients: The better the ingredients, the better the pudding will be. Look for fresh, plump fruits, and use a good quality dark rum.
- Don't overmix the batter: Overmixing the batter will make the pudding tough. Stir just until the ingredients are combined.
- Steam the pudding: Steaming the pudding is the best way to ensure that it cooks evenly. You can use a steamer basket set over a pot of boiling water, or you can use a pressure cooker.
- Let the pudding cool completely: Before you serve the pudding, let it cool completely. This will help it to set and firm up.
- Serve with a dollop of nutmeg sauce: The nutmeg sauce is the perfect complement to the rich, fruity pudding. You can also serve the pudding with whipped cream, ice cream, or custard.
Conclusion:
Christmas pudding is a delicious and festive dessert that is perfect for any holiday gathering. With its rich, fruity flavor and decadent nutmeg sauce, this pudding is sure to please everyone at your table. So gather your ingredients and get started on this classic Christmas treat today!
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