Serves 4 to 6. Recipe is reprinted with permission from “Home Made Christmas” by Yvette van Boven. The author writes, “Pudding is an Anglo-Saxon term referring to steamed or cooked cake. You could ...

Recipes for Christmas pudding usually include dried fruit, flour, eggs, breadcrumbs and spices. Milk or alcohol is also present as the liquid to help bind the ingredients together.

Grease an 850ml- 1 litre (about 11⁄3 pt-13⁄4 pt) pudding basin and line the bottom with a circle of baking paper. Cut another circle of baking paper about 5cm (2in) bigger than the top of the basin ...

It’s definitely the weather for a steamed pudding, and this is one of my favourites, adapted from Diana Henry’s wonderful winter cookbook, Roast Figs Sugar Snow. There’s nothing fancy about this ...

Discover the fascinating chemistry behind Christmas pudding — from alcohol-soaked fruits and spiced aromas to steaming, fat, and even flaming traditions that make this festive dessert magical.

Also needed: 1 (½-liter) pudding mold, or a deep ovenproof bowl with a volume of about 2 cups (a Pyrex measuring cup would be perfect). 1. Preheat the oven to 400 F. Place a container (a deep baking ...