Slow cooker Christmas pudding?

I’ve been doing my puddings in the slow cooker for the past 5 years. I just cook them for about 12 hours on medium but have forgotten it and left it on overnight with no adverse effect. I think it’s almost impossible to overcook them. I also reheat it on Christmas morning in the slow cooker putting it in as soon as I get up.

Wonder if this is any help, uses a litre basin.
www.slowcookerclub.com/slow-cooker-christmas-pudding/

Thank you both! Just need to go shopping for plain flour, oranges and ale now - I’ve got everything else. ?

I have always just bunged them in, with a bit of boiling water in the bottom and left them overnight, rather like LtEve 9same method for re-heating.
They cook so slowly, it's almost impossible to spoil them!

I’ve done both large and multiple small puddings in the slow cooker. It’s so easy. I find about eight hours is fine for a medium pudding and five or six hours for individual ones. It doesn’t seem possible to overcook them, though.

I always do mine in the slow cooker and like LtEve I think it's almost impossible to overcook them. I've never needed to top up either. You could put a bit of foul between the lid and the pot to improve the seal if you're concerned - though I've never bothered.

Aarrgghh, not foul, foil!

I’ve had a look n my slow cooker recipe book and it has a recipe for a 2 pint/1 litre Christmas pudding. It says to pre heat the slow cooker on high setting if necessary for 20 mins (I do this with my cooker) then cook on high for 12 hours, pouring sufficient boiling water to come up two thirds of the sides.
To reheat, pre heat the cooker on high for 20 mins and heat for about 6 hours on low or 4 hours on high, pouring boiling water to come up about halfway up the side of the pudding bowl. To be honest, it won’t hurt if it’s on a little longer than this, the pudding won’t burn.
I also find that there is still quite a lot of water left in the cooker - it doesn’t evaporate in the same way as it does when steaming on a stove top. It’s also a lot less steamy in the kitchen!

I didn't know people still made their own Christmas puds. Especially when Aldi do a brilliant one, different sizes, and it's acclaimed as beating some of the best on the market.

I made mine the traditional way about a month ago.

I am a bit of a fart and really like the tradition of making stuff, but I have nothing against buying ready makes.

I enjoy making the pudding, plus I have control over what goes into it. Not sure what extra ingredients commercial puds might contain.

I make the lot: cake, pudding and mincemeat.

I cook my Christmas puddings in the microwave. 7 minutes for a good sized pudding, less for smaller ones

I started making my own about 7 years ago when I discovered the recipe in Nigella’s Christmas book. Finally it was a pudding everyone liked probably because it’s not so dense as others I’ve tried. Plus it’s a doddle to make.

Do you mind sharing Nigella's recipe? I would like to try for christmas.

As soon as I get home I’ll put it up. Sitting in hairdressers with a colour on at the moment.

It's lovely that some ladies clearly enjoy making Christmas puddings. I'm not one who enjoys cooking really, and would never go to all that trouble for a 5 minute dessert! Plus no-one in the family likes Christmas pudding. Chocolate pudding is the favoured flavour, although I much prefer crumble and custard.

I do delias Christmas pudding recipe, put it in the slo cooker overnight as some have said with water up to half way up the baron. Also on Christmas Day you can put it in the slo cooker for around 4 hours and it’s lovely. If it gets forgotten about it doesn’t spoil it. ?

I've never made Christmas Pudding and I would like to. So all you clever ladies - do you cook yours in plastic bowls or ceramic? I bought some small plastic bowls with lids years ago and then didn't really know what to do with them. Do I cook the pud with the lid on, or are the lids for keeping them? Do I need to cover the puds under the lids? How long should I slow cook small puddings for ? Are these all really stupid questions ?? ?

I really don't know why Christmas puds flummox me when I cook and bake most things ??

I use the plastic tubs with lids, I put some greased grease proof paper on top of pud but under lid to cook and keep. I just do mine overnight on low.

This is for Amberone.

Thank you Calendargirl - do you fill the bowls right up to the top? Or do I need to leave a gap? Mot really sure if a Christmas pud is likely to grow during cooking !

I'll dig out a recipe and give it a go. Whatever happens it can't taste that bad if I like all the stuff that goes into it ?

Amberone time depends on how you intend to cook it; boil on stove, put in slow cooker or microwave it.

Chestnut I don’t think making a Christmas pudding is really cooking. You just stir a load of stuff together and steam it. No skill required! . Actually, I shall amend that. You do need some skill to include all the ingredients. A couple of years ago I thought the amount I was making looked a bit meagre. I’d forgotten to include the dried fruit! ??

On containers, I use a Pyrex bowl (having smashed my China one) or if I am giving them to people, the foil pudding basins. The come in various sizes.

Monica sorry, just reread my post. I thought I had said I wanted to slow cook them but I didn't.

I've got small plastic bowls with lids (just big enough for two people) so in a slow cooker I guess I could cook two of those in about five hours? Low or high ? (no medium). I tend do everything on low for about eight hours, except suet puds which I do on high. I'm more worried about not cooking enough than over cooking in a slow cooker.

I love to make the pudding. I’ve got a special ceramic pudding basin from John Lewis that I got years ago. Delias recipe fits it perfectly. Covered with grease proof paper and then foil before steaming in the slo cooker. Once cooked fresh paper and foil before putting away for the big day ?