Description

The traditional British Christmas Pudding with brandy sauce and a sprig of holy.

The first recipes of this pudding came from the Middle Ages. In 1595, spirits, dried fruit, eggs, and breadcrumbs were added and it became plum pudding. In 1664, it was banned by the Puritans as a lewd custom! In 1714, King George I re-established pudding as part of the Christmas feast even though the Quakers strongly objected, and people began sprinkling it with brandy and setting it aflame when serving it to their guests. The Christmas pudding was not a tradition in England until it was introduced to the Victorians by Prince Albert. By this time the pudding looked and tasted as it does today.

Christmas memories in our household revolve around the silver sixpences my Nanna used to hide in the pudding well after decimalisation made them obsolete...and the year my Mum made the roux so thick she had to make up the sauce with bottles of brandy, leading to multiple pans of very boozy sauce, great hilarity and a story that always comes up at the mere mention of Christmas, once again embarrassing a usually fabulous cook ;)

Designed completely by me ;)

If you want the pudding as Christmas Decoration please let me know which colour ribbon you would like and I will sew a loop onto a pudding for you ;)

Made from felt and stuffed with polyfil. Completely hand sewn and stuffed.

Please note that as each pudding is hand cut and sewn, the holly & sauce may very slightly in each piece.