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Christmas pudding

A dense steamed pudding of dried fruit, suet or vegetable fat, spices, breadcrumbs, and flour, usually matured so the flavours settle. Suet is the hard fat from around beef kidney.

Origin

A British celebration pudding, developed from earlier boiled plum puddings.

Flavour

Sweet, spicy, and rich, with the wine or spirit it was fed.

How to use it

Steam a shop pudding to heat it, and serve it with one portion per person. It is heavy.

Storage

A matured pudding keeps cool and airtight for months. Refrigerate it once cut.

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