Holiday Prep
Oct. 14th, 2023 12:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
madbakerLast weekend I made a double batch of boozy egg nog for Xmas/New Year's. I should go downstairs and stir it about.
This weekend I am making a couple Xmas puddings adapted from Mary Berry's recipe. She makes them the week before, which is what I did last year, but they should be even better aged for a couple months. (I am making two so that we have one to take to my dad's for Xmas Eve, and one for a homeowners' meeting around then.) The adaptations are:
This weekend I am making a couple Xmas puddings adapted from Mary Berry's recipe. She makes them the week before, which is what I did last year, but they should be even better aged for a couple months. (I am making two so that we have one to take to my dad's for Xmas Eve, and one for a homeowners' meeting around then.) The adaptations are:
- substituting dried apricots and cherries for the sultanas and raisins, as the wife does not care for them;
- using apricot brandy instead of rum or whiskey;
- steaming in the CultPot, which reduces the time from several hours to one.
