Christmas Pudding Irish

Christmas or plum pudding is a traditional dessert served on christmas day in most irish and english households and made four to six weeks before christmas.

Christmas pudding irish. It has its origins in medieval england and is sometimes known as plum pudding or just pud though this can also refer to other kinds of boiled pudding involving dried fruit. Order for xmas 2017. Every family has its own favourite recipe but all make a rich fruit pudding with lots of alcohol. Taste our delicious range of unique puddings century old irish recipe.

There are no plums in irish christmas pudding. Irish christmas pudding is a traditional fruit rum cake with a mixture of fruits spices brandy irish whiskey and. Subscribe to receive a free e book skip to primary navigation. The term plum comes from the original creators of the pudding back in victorian times when the word plum meant raisins.

One of my most proud projects this year was the selecting and photographing the recipes of irish food writer theodora fitzgibbon. Nana lilly s christmas puddings. The christmas pudding recipe is not actually a traditional irish dessert but is a relative newcomer to the irish table. Another name for irish christmas pudding is plum pudding which can also be a bit confusing.

Plum pudding is the essence of christmas in ireland and no one can ever make it like one s own dear. Order online all year round. Christmas pudding is a type of pudding traditionally served as part of the christmas dinner in the uk ireland and in other countries where it has been brought by british and irish immigrants. Theodora fitzgibbon s traditional christmas pudding december 05.

An irish plum pudding recipe for christmas inspired by county s clare donegal and dublin. From her back catalogue of over 30 recipe books and through her illustrious career. The most irish christmas dessert has to be guinness christmas pudding with guinness whipped cream. For many irish families christmas pudding is the icing on the cake of christmas night.

The original dish is said to originate from way back in the 14 th century however it didn t arrive on ireland s shores until the victorian era.