plum pudding
Steamed holiday sweet
Plum pudding is a rich, dense British dessert traditionally served at Christmas, made with suet, dried fruits, spices, and often brandy or rum.
Despite the name, it typically contains no plums—the word once referred to raisins and other dried fruits.
The pudding is steamed rather than baked, then often flamed with alcohol before serving: We doused the plum pudding in brandy and lit it.
Iced fruit-filled holiday dessert
- mince pieSpiced fruit-filled pastry
- trifleInsignificant matter or thing
- fruitcakeCandied, nutty holiday loaf
- brandy butterSweetened spirit-laced spread
hard sauce · custard · cream · raisins · currants · sultanas · candied peel · dried fruit
Winter nativity celebration
- holidayDay of rest
- feastElaborate ceremonial meal
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
- Boxing DayDecember 26th Commonwealth holiday
wassail · carols · holly · December · gifts · revelry · merriment · eggnog
Christmas cake
Iced fruit-filled holiday dessert
- mince pieSpiced fruit-filled pastry
- trifleInsignificant matter or thing
- fruitcakeCandied, nutty holiday loaf
brandy butter · hard sauce · custard · cream · raisins · currants · sultanas · candied peel · dried fruit · suet
Christmas
Winter nativity celebration
- holidayDay of rest
- feastElaborate ceremonial meal
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
Boxing Day · wassail · carols · holly · December · gifts · revelry · merriment · eggnog · mulled wine
steamed
Heated by vapor
kitchen twine · water bath · boiling · hours · matured · aged · feeding · stirring · reheated · unmolded
cinnamon
Aromatic bark spice
mixed spice · ginger · mace · aromatic · warm · fragrant · zest · orange · lemon · dark
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- holiday sweetsgingerbread cookies, sugar cookies, gingerbread house, gingerbread men, gingerbread man
- retro foodsTV dinners, green bean casserole, Jell-O salad, meatloaf, ambrosia salad
- stone fruit treatscherry pie, cherry cobbler, cherry jam, cherry tart, peach pie
- nursery rhyme foodspie, curds, whey, porridge, pumpkin
- British Puddingsspotted dick, spotted dog, treacle sponge, jam roly-poly, roly-poly
plum puddinglemon sorbet
Frozen citrus dessert
tart · fresh fruit · vanilla ice cream · plain yogurt · lemon tart