How to use up leftover Christmas pudding

If we can guarantee one thing that you’ll have leftover this Christmas, it will be Christmas cake or Christmas pudding. But, before you reach to empty the leftovers into the bin, take a look at these recipes.

How to use up leftover Christmas pudding

Stuck for ideas of what to do with leftover Christmas pudding? Give it a new lease of life with these desserts. From pancakes to ice cream, there are plenty of ways to reinvent your Christmas pud…

If you have lots of sweet things hanging around, try our Christmas rocky road recipe;  it’s made with leftover chocolate, biscuits, pudding and nuts.

Christmas rocky road

Mix your pudding with shop-bought ginger ice cream for a speedy dessert that you can freeze and eat at a later date.

Christmas pudding ice cream

Paul A Young created this incredible caramel sauce, with leftover Christmas pudding, and we all went weak at the knees.

Christmas pudding caramel

Make these pancakes, served with leftover brandy butter, for your Boxing Day breakfast.

Christmas pancakes

This tipsy cake recipe takes its name from the well-known Arabic folk tale – Aladdin – and essentially makes new cakes from old.

Aladdin tipsy cake

Looking for more ideas for Christmas leftovers? We’ve got ideas for leftover amaretti biscuits, brussels sprouts and roast turkey.

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