Christmas Pudding Fire

Light the brandy in the pan.

Christmas pudding fire. The pudding comes at the end of the largest dinner of the year and demands a huge appetite and a staunch constitution but is still very much loved don t listen to the marketers trying to get you to buy yogurt. Jamie oliver s food team show you how to safely light your christmas pudding and wow your family friends. I hope you like it you will ne. Pour 2 3 tablespoons of brandy rum or whisky into a long handled metal ladle and heat it over a gas flame until hot.

Turn out the steamed pudding onto a serving plate with a good sized rim around the edge to catch any spirit. How to set fire to a christmas pudding. It is still as essential to a british christmas as it ever was. Turn the finished pudding out onto a wide rimmed serving plate.

Lighting the pudding at the table gives your guests about 15 to 20 seconds to view the flames before they subside and saves you from walking across the room flambe in hand. Jamie s food team 0 31 how to. In my household as in many others setting fire to the pudding on christmas afternoon is a traditional and much loved way of getting into the christmas spirit in a more literal. Set the plate on the table you ll serve the pudding.

When setting fire to your christmas pudding turn down any room lighting. 13 nov 2017. Reports are that the traditional christmas pudding has fallen out of favor for lighter healthier desserts. This will ensure your flames are visible for maximum wow factor.

The important thing is to get the spirit really hot. By the mid 1600s plum pudding was sufficiently associated with christmas that when oliver cromwell came to power in 1647 he had it banned along with yule logs carol singing and nativity scenes. Light the brandy in the pan using a match as pictured before putting the brandy on your christmas pudding. How to christmas twitter facebook.