Christmas pudding recipes
From the classics to the inventive, we’ve got Christmas pudding recipes guaranteed to please all your holiday guests.
You have to see our best of the best Christmas pudding – with an ingredient you may not have thought of including! Find one made with beer, a stem ginger version, chocolate orange pud and more.
Find out how to light things up with our handy guide.
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Stir-up Sunday
Best of the best Christmas pudding
Inspired by a family recipe, this Christmas pudding is intensely fruity and deeply spiced – the best figgy pudding you’ll ever make.
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Christmas pudding made with beer
Packed with plump, moist fruit, this is a fragrant, complex winner, only made better by the addition of dark beer, prunes, figs and dates.
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Spiced pear and chai pudding
Full of spice and laden with caramel sauce, Georgina Hayden's sticky pear and chai pud is a welcome twist on traditional Christmas pudding.
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Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s Christmas pudding
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall shares his recipe for Christmas pudding, the River Cottage way. This zesty pud is packed with citrus and apple.
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Rum and pineapple Christmas pudding
An irresistible and boozy Christmas pudding made with rum and pineapple. You can make this pudding up to three months in advance, too.
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Sloe gin ‘figgy’ Christmas pudding
Debbie Major puts a twist on Christmas pudding with this sloe gin 'figgy' pudding recipe. Make stir-up Sunday extra special this year.
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Suet-free Christmas pudding
This suet-free Christmas pudding recipe makes a light finish to Christmas lunch. No animal fat makes this a vegetarian-friendly option, too.
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Budget Christmas
Stir-up traditional Christmas puddings
Get the family involved and make these batch Christmas puddings together on Stir-Up Sunday. The recipe makes two rich, flavoursome puds.
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Lighter chocolate Christmas pudding
This fruity, chocolatey take on traditional Christmas pudding is made with panettone for a lighter result. It's vegetarian, too.
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Karen’s Christmas pudding
delicious. magazine editor Karen Barnes reveals the recipe for her mother's Christmas pudding. We recommend serving it alongside lashings...
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Paul A. Young’s Christmas pudding caramel
This caramel sauce recipe, created by Paul A Young is simple to make and a great way to use up leftover Christmas pudding.
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Gluten-free Christmas pudding
A wonderful gluten-free Christmas pudding, using ground almonds and a little cornflour. The result is rich, yet wonderfully light.
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Flaming Christmas pudding
How to flame a Christmas pudding with brandy - follow our easy steps - just mind your fingers with that flame!
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Christmas hot chocolate pudding
Our Christmas hot chocolate pudding makes a great alternative to the traditional fruit version and the whole thing is drowned in a boozy hot chocolate sauce
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Old-fashioned Christmas pudding (plum pudding)
This is the definitive recipe for a traditional, old-fashioned Christmas pudding, inspired by the one and only Mrs Beeton.
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Christmas pudding with Grand Marnier
This is an orangey Christmas pudding to boast about. Crammed with dried fruits, nuts, apples and Grand Marnier, it's a REALLY special pud
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