The Christmas pudding we recognise today is a Victorian dish made from suet, dried fruit, candied peel ... their puddings into a spherical shape and boiled them in a muslin cloth.

This is my take on Sussex pond pudding – the classic suet pud boiled with a whole lemon inside. I use a whole orange instead and add chocolate. The juice from the fruit combines with the melted ...

brandy-soaked dried-fruit dessert. It's not unlike how Americans react to the curious persistence of fruitcake gifting -- plus the perplexing fact that Christmas pudding is not at all like the ...

The British version features smoked fish like mackerel, boiled eggs, peas, and herbs. You can find variations of pease pudding — lentils or split peas that have been boiled down and puréed ...