Unexpected Christmas pudding

We’re still eating one (homemade) which sits in its basin in the fridge. So we just take a portion and heat for a couple of minutes in the microwave, with custard on top, or brandy butter, if there’s any left, but I wouldn’t be surprised if dh has scoffed it all by now.?

Yes, we could witter on about Christmas pudding until next Christmas ?

But a problem being solved, never ends a thread. they take on a life of their own.

As I said it's all finished now!

you can fry slices of it in butter is very nice!

Christmas pudding does not require freezing. A number of people make their Christmas puddings a year in advance. All they need is wrapping well and being stored in a cool dry place.

Christmas pudding and Christmas cake are very similar in ingredients and mixing, only the cooking method is different, and you do not put Christmas cake in the freezer.

It's all gone now. It was lovely ?

You could cut it into portions and freeze until you want some. Just microwave what you want when. Probably best to thaw first though.

I made three in November 21. one got eaten over Christmas two remain, one small one for an unspecied cold wet miserable February day that is to come and the other for Easter.

Yey!!??

Microwaved slices last night. Absolutely delicious. Full of fruit and nuts. More tonight.
Thanks all for info.

If it has a long sell by date then leave it until friends/family come round. My MIL used to make her own which we would have at Christmas. She used to get one in a hamper from the Freemasons which she would keep until the summer. Delicious with custard after a salad lunch and much more enjoyable through not being full to bursting with Christmas lunch.

I make Christmas puddings every 2 years.
Once boiled and cold I rewrap in fresh greaseproof and tinfoil then store in the cupboard til required. I freeze only if opening and using part of a pudding as they do dry out slightly once cut.
If it looks a bit dry, I 'feed' with more brandy/sherry as you would a Christmas cake.

It really doesn't need the fridge or freezer. My mother would make them after Christmas - to store in the larder for the next year!

Just want to add the local Coop have brandy cream in the reduced section!

I see I posted the same as valdali!

Cut the pudding into individual portions, wrap and freeze them. My husband does this every year as no one else likes pudding. To eat, thaw and microwave.

I usually steam them but microwaved one when family came as I wasnt sure if they'd want any.

It was a Waitrose one, medium size and the instructions said to microwave for 2 minutes 30 seconds, stand for 2 minutes then microwave for 2 minutes then stand again for 2 minutes.
What was left we reheated yesterday for a minute.

My mother used to fry leftover Christmas pudding in butter, Hetty58

It will be delicious, don’t waste it. Just cut off as much as you want to eat and microwave for a short time, starting with 30 seconds for one small portion. It soon spoils if you overheat it.
Don’t reheat again. It will keep for a day or two in the fridge, though it can go hard, so freezing the extra portions is a good idea. Enjoy!

Aveline, we once got through an extra pudding by frying a few slices, now and then - and serving with ice cream. It was wrapped in foil and lived in the bread bin!

I make my own puddings and cook them after i have mixed then and then store them until I want them. I then reheat all or part in the mictowave as I use it.

Why not just cut a piece, bung it in the microwave for a minute and see how it comes out. that way you will know whether it can be cut and reheated. Always works for me.

Aveline

We were sent a Christmas pudding out of the blue just before Christmas. It's a large one. We didn't need it as we already had one.
I found it again today. I wondered if it would be OK to take a couple of spoonfuls of it and microwave them. We could then have it between ourselves over the next few days rather than waste it. Would that be safe? How long should I microwave it for?
Any ideas welcome.

I don’t see why it shouldn’t be fine. I microwaved a small one, 100 grms, for 40 seconds in 800 watt. Christmas puds have spirit in them and I guess some preservatives so it should be ok, if kept in fridge.
Enjoy.

Great minds Mapleleaf!!
I'll take that!!

Sorry, I posted at the same time as Fleur responded - I am repeating what she says, sorry about that. ?

I think, Aveline that Fleur is saying that it will have already been cooked prior to you receiving it, so that it’s second steaming is when you take it out if it’s box. This second steaming (reheating) can either be done conventionally, by steaming in a pan of hot water, heated in a slow cooker or microwaved. As you are wondering if this stage can be done a portion at a time in the microwave, then yes, I think this is possible, as others say - just do it in short bursts, and keep checking. The remaining pud should keep well in the fridge if well wrapped up, or, as Fleur says, freeze these portions, then defrost & reheat as and when you want some. Enjoy ?