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Christmas pudding strudel with chocolate ~ Jamie Oliver

December 28, 2011 in baking, recipes

christmas pudding strudel with chocolate

I have so enjoyed watching the series Jamie Oliver’s Family Christmas on BBC Food. As a mega fan of the rock star chef, I find his recipes accessible, innovative and always tasty.

Here he does a phyllo pastry strudel using your leftover Christmas pudding.  In my case I had made 2 puds this year, one bigger one and a smaller one, and decided to dedicate the entire small one to the making of this dessert.

I’m not going to give an exact recipe but rather talk you through how to make this very simply but fabulous pud.

For the recipe and details about how to make this dessert visit Drizzle and Dip

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A traditional Christmas pudding

December 12, 2011 in baking, recipes

I am a very big fan of all things Christmas and particularly love baking at this time of year.  I get a chance to over indulge in my favourite activity and eat a lot of fruity goodies.

I love Christmas cake and have found my ultimate recipe which I make every year.  Mince pies are next on the list and I’ve stumbled on an exciting variation to this classic.

Pudding has always been my stepmothers domain and as a child my grandmother Betty used to make it. I have the fondest memories of eating way too many portions in order to dig out the silver charms or silver tickies that she buried in the pudding.

This year I made my own using a recipe by Michael Olivier’s aunt.  Michael is a very special person to me and is the editor of the wonderful online magazine ‘Crush’, which if you haven’t subscribed to yet you should.  Its totally free, totally fabulous, and gets mailed directly to your inbox once a month.  Check out the link here and take a few seconds to fill in your details.

Michael featured this recipe for his aunt Muriel’s traditional Christmas pudding in issue 14 of Crush and having seen the small and expensive mass produced supermarket offerings recently, I think its a really good idea to make your own.

Here is the recipe just in time to make for your Christmas celebration. It makes one really big pudding or two smaller to medium ones. I made this over a month ago and have been storing it in a cool place and feeding it with a few tots of brandy every 10 days or so. Its the way I like it.

Recipe: Visit Drizzle and Dip

 

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