A bread-and-butter pudding made with leftover Christmas pud and a boozy apple topped with crumble, ice-cream and a thick whisky caramel
The perennial problem with traditional Christmas pudding is that most sensible people are already stuffed to the gills with smoked salmon, turkey, roast potatoes, sprouts and all the rest by the time dessert comes around. And in those circumstances – which somehow recur every year without fail (no, I have no idea how, either!) – the last thing we want to be faced with is heavy stodge for afters. So here are two ideas that are a little lighter than that daunting black orb of flaming pudding, but no less celebratory and festive for it.
Continue reading… A bread-and-butter pudding made with leftover Christmas pud and a boozy apple topped with crumble, ice-cream and a thick whisky caramelThe perennial problem with traditional Christmas pudding is that most sensible people are already stuffed to the gills with smoked salmon, turkey, roast potatoes, sprouts and all the rest by the time dessert comes around. And in those circumstances – which somehow recur every year without fail (no, I have no idea how, either!) – the last thing we want to be faced with is heavy stodge for afters. So here are two ideas that are a little lighter than that daunting black orb of flaming pudding, but no less celebratory and festive for it. Continue reading… Christmas food and drink, Dessert, Food, Christmas, Baking, Eggs, Fruit, Cake, Ice-cream and sorbet, Whisky, Wine
