Hi Kath, I've made the Christmas pudding in a cloth for years, and every year half of it sticks to the cloth. I've never been able to fathom how my mum and her mum avoided that -- but your method (rubbing the flour well in) sounds like a great idea. Thanks heaps. I'll report back after Christmas Day on how it went. You have a lovely natural way about you, Kath; a pleasure to watch. Hope the New Year brings you fame and fortune. Merry Christmas!
What a saviour your are, Kath! Your video has filled in some details that cookbooks glossed over - thanks so much! Am making my first Xmas pudding ever (which is a bit ironic, as it's been one of my fave foods since childhood…. which is a few years ago now). Good to have this instructions from a fellow Aussie, a nice bonus.
Wow, this makes me so proud of the one and only pudding I made 20 years ago. Turned out wonderfully, and every year I tell myself I'm going to do it again, but I always run out of time. Good on you for actually doing that!
I got my second one out today ( during a heatwave haha with a fast boiling pot on the stove) I think, 'follow this blog and have a go at making a pudding'... I make them because it's a good thing you can do for family and or friends to. They don't taste like anything at the shops or online. Also it gets everyone talking. Merry Christmas 2024 Kath hope it's s great one. Mike T
Thank you, my usual recipe uses a steamer and bought a cloth this year to try it out. Now I know what to do with it, glad I checked as I had no clue about the flouring process!
Thank You Kath for showing how to do a traditional cloth pudding. This will be my first go for our huge family christmas. I have never done one before but truly looking forward to doing it
I’ve been making the Christmas pudding in the cloth fort 50 yrs but it is always in a dry cloth ,I am going to Do t the way you did yours ,it looks much better thank you for sharing.Happy Christmas to you and your family.
Hi Kath, Thanks for this terrific video. You are making me want to emigrate to Australia! Making true puddings has become a lost art. Showing how to prepare the pudding cloth takes me back to seeing my mother and grandmother doing it to make plum duff, the most glorious taste of my youth in England. ( sliced hot and served with butter and Demerara sugar). I even remember my Mum's well used muslin cloth with similar burn marks. I love your on camera style too...very engaging and entertaining. Well done! I'm not in the habit of responding on line but this made my day. Thanks again. Roger
Thank you all for the comments. I hope your puddings turned out last Christmas. It's almost time to start working on this years!!! I'm hoping to be in Darwin this year so I'm not sure what I will be doing about a pudding
I have been making Christmas Puddings in the cloth for 27 years (my nanna taught how to make it to) in that time I have had the odd year off for good behavior :) Compliments to you for this blog. I really didn't think there would be much on TH-cam about 'Christmas puddings made in the cloth' and I was glad to watch this to remind me of a few things, even after all the time I have been making them. I also find myself making them late into the night, it doesn't heat your house up as much. Merry Christmas 2015
Thank you and merry Christmas to you too. I served my first pudding at our party in the weekend & it was perfect. The fruit is soaking for the pudding to serve at the family dinner on Xmas eve
My father always used to do the pudding. My wife is doing it this year but I never knew how the cloth worked! The flour tip is invaluable. Thank you for the video Kath
Hi Kath, my Nan just taught me how to make the boiled Christmas puddings and she couldn't remember how to keep the water out in the traditional way so thanks for the tip with the flour. She lines the cloth with glad wrap and pulls it up first before wrapping, but says it was always nicer in the old days.. must admit the gladwrap is super easy :) Also your batter is much thicker than ours, I might give your recipe a go next time :)
Want to try a Chrissy Pudding for the first time this year. Living in England with my boyfriend and will be spending chrissy with his family again (a little chillier than 20 degrees), so wanted to do something special this year. Found a good recipe but the calico aspect escaped me-this video was so helpful! Also nice to hear the accent, if I closed my eyes I would have sworn I was listening to my Aunty Sue from Campbelltown :P so thanks for the reminder of home! Hopefully it works out!
Hi Kath, I’m going to try your recipe for our 2021 Family Christmas Lunch, thanks for your very informative video, just wish you showed us how it turned out!
Great video I am Irish chef who has made plenty of xmas pudding but never in cloth so I have all my mixes ready and now off to work to make 12 in the cloth and i will let you know how i get on.
Very helpful video, especially tying the top, and pre-flouring the damp cloth. I wondered if the pudding is fully immersed? And if so, when the lid is on, does the pudding flop over so the knot goes under and if this risks water seeping in?
Thanks Aisha, enjoy your pudding. I'm really looking forward to it this year as well. I've just heard that my parents are coming up for Christmas. It'll be the first time in about 20 years that we've had Christmas together! I'll have to do an extra-special pudding this year!!
Great utube clip. You reinforced what my Mum has always said - the pud is a traditional recipe handed down from my Nanna. My poor Mum can't make it this year [and beyond]...so I'm giving it a go! Think the cloth might leak as I had to take the pud out after I put it in...the plate kept bubbling up and down! :( .. fingers crossed it might be ok! Guess there's always next year!!
I have that problem sometimes with the plate. My pudding is only a small one this year, and we'll be having it on christmas eve as usual. I've used mango and sour cherries this time, so I'm looking forward to seeing how that turns out. Merry Christmas, I'm sure your pudding will be great
My apologies to everybody I didn't respond to. The full recipe for my christmas pudding can be found at: kathswinbourne.com.au/how-to-make-a-real-traditional-christmas-pudding
Thanks for the comments. I must admit I cheated a couple of years ago as well and made the pudding in a pudding basin. It still tasted the same, but it just wasn't the same as turning it out from the cloth. My grandmother taught me how to do it, and when she stopped making the family christmas pudding I took over. I love the tradition of the pudding in a cloth.
Hi Kath, great video. I have been searching on the net for a long time trying to get a recipe that my mum used to use for xmas boiled pudding, I know she used suete but cant remember her ever using any alcohol. I was wonderin if you could post on you tube or send the ingredients if you dont mind. As my mum died yrs ago and I never got the recipe off her. Thanks for any input. Nell :-)
Thanks for the beautiful video. Does the water level cover the saucer & the whole pudding? What kind of cloth you use for it to hold the pudding? Does it cook on high, medium or low heat for hours?
Hi Merilyn Yes, the water should cover the whole pudding at all times, so while it's boiling you will need to keep topping it up with hot water from the kettle. Cloth should be calico. Instructions for how to prepare it the first time are on the website
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Thanks for this 😊. I couldn’t see clearly- did you flip the cloth so the pudding mixture was placed on the non-floured side? Cheers
Thanks so much for the detailed walkthrough. I tried a boiled pudding last Christmas and it came out very soggy. I'm determined to get it right this year! One question: at what level of the bag does the hot water need to reach in the pot?
You state tie it tightly, but aren't you supposed to pleat the cloth or leave room for expansion? All boiled cloth puds I have seen say pleat the cloth before tying, or leave room at the tie end.
Hi Mel, I'd leave it in the original calico. You could pretty it up by putting it in a nice tin or something, but I'd recommend not unwrapping the original calico
My Nana used to make this. She has passed and i thought i might try to make it this year. She put her pudding in a bowl and covered with the cloth. My question is, what material is the cloth. A piece of cotton? We served with sauce, dont remember that sauce. My other grandmother made a hard sauce to serve with it. It has been at least 25 years. Going to try this year. Thank you! Karen B
The pudding needs to be completely submerged. As the water boils away, top it up with boiling water from the kettle. And make sure it keeps boiling. If it goes off the boil that's when water leaks through the cloth.
It's now 30+ years since I made my first pudding in a cloth. Just follow this blog and your pudding will turn out great. 40k hits! you should copyright this vid Kath.
Thankyou again, I watch this video every year just to refresh my memory
Hi Kath,
I've made the Christmas pudding in a cloth for years, and every year half of it sticks to the cloth. I've never been able to fathom how my mum and her mum avoided that -- but your method (rubbing the flour well in) sounds like a great idea. Thanks heaps. I'll report back after Christmas Day on how it went. You have a lovely natural way about you, Kath; a pleasure to watch. Hope the New Year brings you fame and fortune. Merry Christmas!
Thanks Colin, I hope your pudding goes well this year and you have a fabulous Christmas
I am so glad I came across this video! Your hilarious as well as informative!
What a saviour your are, Kath! Your video has filled in some details that cookbooks glossed over - thanks so much! Am making my first Xmas pudding ever (which is a bit ironic, as it's been one of my fave foods since childhood…. which is a few years ago now). Good to have this instructions from a fellow Aussie, a nice bonus.
Wow, this makes me so proud of the one and only pudding I made 20 years ago. Turned out wonderfully, and every year I tell myself I'm going to do it again, but I always run out of time. Good on you for actually doing that!
I got my second one out today ( during a heatwave haha with a fast boiling pot on the stove) I think, 'follow this blog and have a go at making a pudding'... I make them because it's a good thing you can do for family and or friends to. They don't taste like anything at the shops or online.
Also it gets everyone talking. Merry Christmas 2024 Kath hope it's s great one.
Mike T
Thank you, my usual recipe uses a steamer and bought a cloth this year to try it out. Now I know what to do with it, glad I checked as I had no clue about the flouring process!
I really enjoyed this video, I felt like I was in the kitchen with a friend getting a cookery lesson.
Merry Christmas 2023 Kath. Hope it's a good one Mike T
Thanks Mike, and merry Christmas to you too.
Thank You Kath for showing how to do a traditional cloth pudding. This will be my first go for our huge family christmas. I have never done one before but truly looking forward to doing it
I’ve been making the Christmas pudding in the cloth fort 50 yrs but it is always in a dry cloth ,I am going to Do t the way you did yours ,it looks much better thank you for sharing.Happy Christmas to you and your family.
Really, really useful. You tell us all the basic things that are obvious for experienced cooks that they forget to tell novices
Merry Christmas 2016 Kath. I made a very late Christmas Puđding this year. This clip is still the best and most practical on TH-cam
Just came for the visual on how to wrap the pudding in cloth, but loved that i got the story of the phone charger escapade as well 😂
Hi Kath, Thanks for this terrific video. You are making me want to emigrate to Australia! Making true puddings has become a lost art. Showing how to prepare the pudding cloth takes me back to seeing my mother and grandmother doing it to make plum duff, the most glorious taste of my youth in England. ( sliced hot and served with butter and Demerara sugar). I even remember my Mum's well used muslin cloth with similar burn marks.
I love your on camera style too...very engaging and entertaining. Well done! I'm not in the habit of responding on line but this made my day. Thanks again. Roger
Thank you all for the comments. I hope your puddings turned out last Christmas. It's almost time to start working on this years!!! I'm hoping to be in Darwin this year so I'm not sure what I will be doing about a pudding
I have been making Christmas Puddings in the cloth for 27 years (my nanna taught how to make it to) in that time I have had the odd year off for good behavior :) Compliments to you for this blog. I really didn't think there would be much on TH-cam about 'Christmas puddings made in the cloth' and I was glad to watch this to remind me of a few things, even after all the time I have been making them. I also find myself making them late into the night, it doesn't heat your house up as much. Merry Christmas 2015
Thank you and merry Christmas to you too. I served my first pudding at our party in the weekend & it was perfect. The fruit is soaking for the pudding to serve at the family dinner on Xmas eve
My father always used to do the pudding. My wife is doing it this year but I never knew how the cloth worked! The flour tip is invaluable. Thank you for the video Kath
Hi Kath, my Nan just taught me how to make the boiled Christmas puddings and she couldn't remember how to keep the water out in the traditional way so thanks for the tip with the flour. She lines the cloth with glad wrap and pulls it up first before wrapping, but says it was always nicer in the old days.. must admit the gladwrap is super easy :) Also your batter is much thicker than ours, I might give your recipe a go next time :)
Want to try a Chrissy Pudding for the first time this year. Living in England with my boyfriend and will be spending chrissy with his family again (a little chillier than 20 degrees), so wanted to do something special this year. Found a good recipe but the calico aspect escaped me-this video was so helpful! Also nice to hear the accent, if I closed my eyes I would have sworn I was listening to my Aunty Sue from Campbelltown :P so thanks for the reminder of home! Hopefully it works out!
Hi Kath, I’m going to try your recipe for our 2021 Family Christmas Lunch, thanks for your very informative video, just wish you showed us how it turned out!
Good luck with the recipe. You can see the result here
th-cam.com/video/sVKOubYrkjE/w-d-xo.html
Great job . B
Great video I am Irish chef who has made plenty of xmas pudding but never in cloth so I have all my mixes ready and now off to work to make 12 in the cloth and i will let you know how i get on.
Good question @Dumnezeu să binecuvânteze copiii How did you get on Roseann. I'd love to hear from a chef
Very helpful video, especially tying the top, and pre-flouring the damp cloth. I wondered if the pudding is fully immersed? And if so, when the lid is on, does the pudding flop over so the knot goes under and if this risks water seeping in?
Thank you very very much bless
Thanks Aisha, enjoy your pudding. I'm really looking forward to it this year as well. I've just heard that my parents are coming up for Christmas. It'll be the first time in about 20 years that we've had Christmas together! I'll have to do an extra-special pudding this year!!
Great utube clip. You reinforced what my Mum has always said - the pud is a traditional recipe handed down from my Nanna. My poor Mum can't make it this year [and beyond]...so I'm giving it a go! Think the cloth might leak as I had to take the pud out after I put it in...the plate kept bubbling up and down! :( .. fingers crossed it might be ok! Guess there's always next year!!
I have that problem sometimes with the plate. My pudding is only a small one this year, and we'll be having it on christmas eve as usual. I've used mango and sour cherries this time, so I'm looking forward to seeing how that turns out. Merry Christmas, I'm sure your pudding will be great
Exactly the information I was looking for. Thx
My apologies to everybody I didn't respond to. The full recipe for my christmas pudding can be found at:
kathswinbourne.com.au/how-to-make-a-real-traditional-christmas-pudding
Thanks for the comments. I must admit I cheated a couple of years ago as well and made the pudding in a pudding basin. It still tasted the same, but it just wasn't the same as turning it out from the cloth. My grandmother taught me how to do it, and when she stopped making the family christmas pudding I took over. I love the tradition of the pudding in a cloth.
Great video I hope I get it right this year now seeing how to do it can I pleased ask where I can get your recipe for the plum pudding :)
Thank for the great tutorial! You said the recipe is on your blog. Will you please post it or send it to me?
Thank you!
Barbara
Hi Kath, great video. I have been searching on the net for a long time trying to get a recipe that my mum used to use for xmas boiled pudding, I know she used suete but cant remember her ever using any alcohol. I was wonderin if you could post on you tube or send the ingredients if you dont mind. As my mum died yrs ago and I never got the recipe off her. Thanks for any input.
Nell :-)
spotted dick in a cloth Bloody good grub love Some good memories around pudds and SUET
Where did you purchase the fabric as mine is worn
I've had mine for years Phyllis, but you can get it from spotlight or any fabric shop
Thanks for the beautiful video. Does the water level cover the saucer & the whole pudding? What kind of cloth you use for it to hold the pudding? Does it cook on high, medium or low heat for hours?
Hi Merilyn
Yes, the water should cover the whole pudding at all times, so while it's boiling you will need to keep topping it up with hot water from the kettle. Cloth should be calico. Instructions for how to prepare it the first time are on the website
Thanks for this 😊.
I couldn’t see clearly- did you flip the cloth so the pudding mixture was placed on the non-floured side? Cheers
No Tomáz, the pudding goes on the floured side of the cloth
@@KathSwinbourne that’s what my gut thought. Thanks for the quick response. 👍 Hope your Chrissy is a good one.
You too. Merry Christmas 🎄
Thanks so much for the detailed walkthrough. I tried a boiled pudding last Christmas and it came out very soggy. I'm determined to get it right this year!
One question: at what level of the bag does the hot water need to reach in the pot?
Do you have 250 gram boiled pudding recipe i need it for a local show in a few months time.
You state tie it tightly, but aren't you supposed to pleat the cloth or leave room for expansion? All boiled cloth puds I have seen say pleat the cloth before tying, or leave room at the tie end.
Hi,
Fellow 🇭🇲 here. My question is if giving this as a gift, do you rewrap with new Calico or give in one cooked in?
Cheers
Mel
Hi Mel, I'd leave it in the original calico. You could pretty it up by putting it in a nice tin or something, but I'd recommend not unwrapping the original calico
@@KathSwinbourne Greatly appreciated, enjoyed your video. Easy to follow, I'll let you know how I go....wish me luck! ☺️🙏
P.S. I'm in Newcastle and can't believe how cold it is either!!!
I meant post the blog link. :)
My Nana used to make this. She has passed and i thought i might try to make it this year. She put her pudding in a bowl and covered with the cloth. My question is, what material is the cloth. A piece of cotton? We served with sauce, dont remember that sauce. My other grandmother made a hard sauce to serve with it. It has been at least 25 years. Going to try this year.
Thank you!
Karen B
Hi Karen you need to use calico for the pudding cloth. I make a brandy custard to go with mine. Good luck! Let me know how it goes
I've given this video a little plug in my blog, thought it would be better if my readers could see it in action :)
The pudding needs to be completely submerged. As the water boils away, top it up with boiling water from the kettle. And make sure it keeps boiling. If it goes off the boil that's when water leaks through the cloth.
It's now 30+ years since I made my first pudding in a cloth. Just follow this blog and your pudding will turn out great. 40k hits! you should copyright this vid Kath.
I wonder how many sixpence you have left now 😊