Soak the bread crumbs in milk and sherry or port. Combine the well-beaten eggs and sugar. Blend with the fruit mixture. Add salt and mix thoroughly. Put the pudding in buttered bowls or tins, filling ...

British holiday traditions are the inspiration for this moist, dense steamed cake packed with brandy-soaked currants, raisins, and figs. This plum pudding recipe is a take on a classic: Steamed cakes ...

If you needed an emblem for a typically British Christmas, the plum pudding would probably be it. Love it or hate it, this currant-freckled sphere — better known as Christmas pudding, and often ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The holiday season is coming up soon, and as people all over the world start preparing their Christmas menus, it's interesting to ...

The addition of chocolate and cocoa powder adds wonderful depth and complexity to this sweet, fruity Christmas pudding. Fresh pear gives it a buttery note, while assorted dried fruits add texture and ...

Any day now it will arrive stamped by the Royal Mail: a truly homemade Christmas pudding from my family in England. My mother always made Christmas puddings. And before moving to the U.S., I would ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Plum pudding never did contain fresh plums. The “plumbs” of pudding recipes in the 16th century were dried ...

Fragrant, fruity, full of boozy spiciness — the Christmas pudding or the plum pudding is a festive gem that stirs delicious nostalgia Fragrant, fruity, full of boozy spiciness — the Christmas pudding ...