It depends a lot on the recipe that you use, for example some may specify separate weights for currents, raisins and sultanas, whereas other recipes may simply specify a weight of "mixed dried fruit". The primary ingredients in a Christmas pudding are : raisins, sultanas, currents, mixed dried peel, glace cherries, sugar, treacle, flour, breadcrumbs, brandy/whiskey, butter, nutmeg, cinammon, cardamom, allspice, ginger. Depending on the recipe there may be additional ingredients, or some spices omitted.
The traditional pudding made in Scotland for Christmas is called "Clootie dumpling." It is a spiced fruit pudding made with flour, breadcrumbs, dried fruit, and suet, boiled in a cloth and typically served with custard or cream.
clodie dumpling
Christmas pudding, the rich culimation of a long process of development of 'plum puddings' can be traced back to the early 15th century. The first types were not specifically associated with Christmas.
Oliver Cromwell made it law not to eat mince pies or christmas pudding on 25 December, Why?
Christmas puddings in earlier times were made with vegetables. The root vegetables were eventually omitted but Christmas pudding still includes a token carrot.
The main difference between pudding and custard is the texture. Pudding is typically thicker and can be made with a variety of ingredients, while custard is a creamy dessert made with eggs and milk.
A cabinet pudding is a traditional English steamed pudding made from bread or sponge cake with dried fruits, served with custard or another sweet sauce.
Figgy Pudding, a variation of the christmas pudding, only made with Figs, was thought to be invented in England of the United Kingdom during the 16th century.
A rich boiled or steamed pudding made with flour, suet, raisins, currants, citron, and spices.
The largest Christmas Pudding on record weighed 7,231 pounds, and was made in Aughton, Lancashire, in Great Britain, on July 11, 1992 By LES HEYHOE UK
One English food that begins with the letter "X" is "xmas pudding," commonly known as Christmas pudding. This traditional dessert is made with a mixture of dried fruits, nuts, and spices, and is typically steamed or boiled. It is often served during the Christmas season, usually with a sprig of holly on top and sometimes flambéed with brandy before serving.
In days of old pudding was sometimes made by placing the ingredients into a muslin cloth which was tied with a string and then steamed. The string that tied the cloth would have been the "pudding string." It was not a special string and only became the pudding string when it was used to tie the cloth about the pudding.