Christmas pudding with Guinness and brandy butter

Name: Christmas pudding
Prep time: 4 h
Yield: 8 servings

A delicious Christmas pudding recipe combining Guinness, rum and brandy to bring extra festive cheer to the table.

By Saga Magazine | Published - 21 Nov 2025

Prep time

4 hours

Serves

Ingredients

Firstly sieve the flour then mix together with the breadcrumbs, suet, almonds, sugar and spices.
Cut up the dates, taking out the stones then mix together with all the fruit and add to the mixture from the previous step.
Whisk up the eggs and add to the pudding mixture along with all other remaining ingredients and mix together.
Leave mixture to mature in the fridge for a week. Throughout the week taste the mixture to see if it is to your liking. If needed more spices or alcohol can be added.
To cook the pudding once matured, firstly butter and flour a pudding basin then fill ¾ of the way up the mould with the mixture. Lay a sheet of parchment paper on top of the mixture then cover the basin with some foil and tightly seal.
Steam the pudding in a steamer for around 4 hours. Leave to cool and store in the fridge or a cool place, ensuring it is wrapped tightly until needed.
To reheat the pudding: place back in the steamer for another 2 hours then serve straight away with brandy butter and double cream.
For the brandy butter, put the butter into a large bowl and leave until soft enough to beat. Whisk the butter until light and creamy.
Pour in the icing sugar and beat again until the sugar is completely mixed in.
Add in some brandy and whisk together. Add in more brandy if the balance of sweetness and is not to your liking. Store in the fridge until needed.

Recipe courtesy of Great British Chefs.

(Hero image credit: Great British Chefs)

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