but not too thick or the pudding will taste dry. Remove from the heat, tip into a large mixing bowl, discard the bay leaf and leave to cool completely. To make the suet pastry, put the flour in a ...

This plum pudding recipe is a take on a classic: Steamed cakes like this are a fixture on a traditional British Christmas table, popular around the holidays since at least the Middle Ages.

Are you sure you want to be making steak and kidney pudding in this weather? I have always found that any thick casserole can be used inside a pastry crust. The thinner ones always leak ...

This isn't the kind of sweet, whippy dessert pudding you may be familiar with. Brits in the 1800s tucked into denser dishes ...

Set aside to cool completely. When you are ready to cook the pudding, first generously butter a 1.2 litre/2 pint pudding basin. To make the pastry, mix the ingredients together thoroughly and ...

In the first recipe dollops of jam are placed in pudding moulds (or use an oven proof coffee cup), topped with an orangey ...

I always make the custard and brandy butter. But this year I will make my own . . . So, to make a great pudding without using suet, search for recipes on Bite. Many "steamed pudding'' recipes are ...

How would you adjust the recipe if you added cheese or chopped ... They need steaming for several hours in a covered pudding bowl and suet just manages to hold the pastry together really well.