Fabulously festive gluten-free Christmas pudding recipe (2024)

Wehave a little treat for you today, a Gluten Free Christmas pudding recipe for you to indulge yourself over the festive season. This take about 3 hours 30 mins to prep and cook, so do plan in advance. It IS worth it though, as there is nothing quite like a spot of Christmas pudding to make the day that extra bit special, is there?

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Ingredients

  • 350g dried fruit (mixed)
  • 100g chopped and stoned dates
  • 25g finely chopped crystallised ginger
  • Zest of one Orange,
  • Zest and juice of a Lemon,
  • Bramley apple; cored and grated
  • Chopped 50g almonds,
  • Mixed spice, 1/2 tsp
  • Ground ginger, 1/3 tsp
  • Ground cloves, 1/2 tsp
  • Ground cinnamon, 1/2 tsp
  • Apple juice, 100ml
  • Brandy; 4 tbsp
  • Butter, frozen plus some for greasing – 100g required
  • Breadcrumbs, make sure they are fresh (100g)
  • Gluten-free white flour; 75g
  • Large eggs (2)
  • Muscovado sugar (220g)

This takes 3 hours and 30 minutes to make, excluding the cooking and soaking time, so make sure you PLAN IN ADVANCE!

How to make your gluten free Christmas pudding

  1. Grab your fruit, ginger, citrus zest and lemon juice and combine them all into a large bowl. We love out mixing bowl, and this is perfect for the start of this recipe. Add the apple, almonds and spices. You then need to combine in some of the liquid; the apple juice and brandy.
  2. Make sure that you mix it all together really, well and then cover, and pop aside overnight to allow the fruit to soak up the alcohol and all the flavours
  3. After soaking, and on the following day, grate your frozen butter (yes I know this is weird). Adding it into the mixture as you do, and then mix up together, and fold in. Fold in your breadcrumbs and the flour as well.
  4. Add the eggs and sugar into another bowl and beat lightly to combine them. Stir these into the mixture
  5. Reach for your 1L pudding dish. and fill it with your mixture. Cover the basin with a double layer of buttered foil, insuring that there is a pleat in the cover so that you are allowing your pudding enough room to rise.
  6. Secure with a bit of tied string around the basin rim
  7. Pop your pudding basin into a saucepan, and make sure you add enough water so that it comes up to about hal way up the side of the bowl. Put a lid on the pan that fits well, and simmer it for 3 hours.
  8. You may need to top up the water as it cooks, so keep an eye on it regularly to make sure all the water doesn’t boil off
  9. Take the basin out of the saucepan, and replace your foil lid with another double layer tied with a string. Now you need to store and cool the pud
  10. Pop it into a cool dark place for a couple of months (or as long as you can!)
  11. Now you just need to reheat it – steam as you did above for 2 hours this time and turn onto a plate.
  12. You can also reheat the pudding in a microwave for 45 secs (750W) or 40secs (900W)
  13. ALWAYS take the foil off before putting in the microwave!

We hope you love this recipe, and enjoy your pudding as well!

This recipe first appeared in Ocado Life magazine, for more fabulous recipes, do check out the Ocado site. As well as looking at the cooking section on KiddyCharts too.

We love Christmas, so there are more Christmas recipes on the site too. If you want to download this into a recipe card and print it out – here you go.

Yield: 1 pudding

Gluten Free Christmas Pudding

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Fabulous gluten free Christmas pudding to make for all the family for loads of festive fun!

Ingredients

  • 350g dried fruit (mixed)
  • 100g chopped and stoned dates
  • 25g finely chopped crystallised ginger
  • Zest of one Orange,
  • Zest and juice of a Lemon,
  • Bramley apple; cored and grated
  • Chopped 50g almonds,
  • Mixed spice, 1/2 tsp
  • Ground ginger, 1/3 tsp
  • Ground cloves, 1/2 tsp
  • Ground cinnamon, 1/2 tsp
  • Apple juice, 100ml
  • Brandy; 4 tbsp
  • Butter, frozen plus some for greasing - 100g required
  • Breadcrumbs, make sure they are fresh (100g)
  • Gluten-free white flour; 75g
  • Large eggs (2)
  • Muscovado sugar (220g)

Instructions

  1. Grab your fruit, ginger, citrus zest and lemon juice and combine them all into a large bowl. We love out mixing bowl, and this is perfect for the start of this recipe. Add the apple, almonds and spices. You then need to combine in some of the liquid; the apple juice and brandy.
  2. Make sure that you mix it all together really, well and then cover, and pop aside overnight to allow the fruit to soak up the alcohol and all the flavours
  3. Grab your fruit, ginger, citrus zest and lemon juice and combine them all into a large bowl. We love out mixing bowl, and this is perfect for the start of this recipe. Add the apple, almonds and spices. You then need to combine in some of the liquid; the apple juice and brandy.
  4. Make sure that you mix it all together really, well and then cover, and pop aside overnight to allow the fruit to soak up the alcohol and all the flavours
  5. After soaking, and on the following day, grate your frozen butter (yes I know this is weird). Adding it into the mixture as you do, and then mix up together, and fold in. Fold in your breadcrumbs and the flour as well.
  6. Add the eggs and sugar into another bowl and beat lightly to combine them. Stir these into the mixture
  7. Reach for your 1L pudding dish. and fill it with your mixture. Cover the basin with a double layer of buttered foil, insuring that there is a pleat in the cover so that you are allowing your pudding enough room to rise.
  8. Secure with a bit of tied string around the basin rim
  9. Pop your pudding basin into a saucepan, and make sure you add enough water so that it comes up to about hal way up the side of the bowl. Put a lid on the pan that fits well, and simmer it for 3 hours.
  10. You may need to top up the water as it cooks, so keep an eye on it regularly to make sure all the water doesn't boil off
  11. Take the basin out of the saucepan, and replace your foil lid with another double layer tied with a string. Now you need to store and cool the pud
  12. Pop it into a cool dark place for a couple of months (or as long as you can!)
  13. Now you just need to reheat it - steam as you did above for 2 hours this time and turn onto a plate.
  14. You can also reheat the pudding in a microwave for 45 secs (750W) or 40secs (900W)
  15. ALWAYS take the foil off before putting in the microwave!

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Fabulously festive gluten-free Christmas pudding recipe (2024)

FAQs

What can I use in Christmas pudding instead of suet? ›

Nigella's Ultimate Christmas Pudding uses suet as this is the traditional ingredient. Vegetarians could use vegetarian suet, which is available in many UK supermarkets. Outside the UK suet can be difficult to find and vegetable shortening is the best alternative.

What is hidden in English Christmas pudding? ›

It was common practice to include small silver coins in the pudding mixture, which could be kept by the person whose serving included them. The usual choice was a silver threepence or a sixpence.

Does Christmas pudding contain gluten? ›

Most recipes for a Traditional Christmas Pudding contain wheat flour (it's similar to a small cake), which means both store bought and Aunt Edna's recipe for Christmas Pudding is not gluten-free.

What are the ingredients in Matthew Walker Christmas pudding? ›

A moist Christmas pudding, with juicy sultanas, cider and rum. Ingredients: Sultanas (30%), Sugar, Fortified Wheat Flour (Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin (B3), Thiamin (B1)), Cider (9%), Water, Palm Oil, Orange and Lemon Peel, Rum, Mixed Spice, Salt, Molasses, Yeast.

What can I use instead of gluten free suet? ›

Basically, all you need to do to substitute suet (if you are unable to get hold of gf suet) is to weigh out the quantity you require in lard or a vegetable shortening such as 'TREX' instead (when making a gluten free Christmas pud it's nice to use butter), wrap it in a piece of greaseproof paper, pop it into a freezer ...

What can I use instead of shredded beef suet in Christmas pudding? ›

Vegetable shortening: Vegetable shortening has a mild flavor like suet and hardens in the refrigerator, making it simple to shred and add to foods that call for shredded suet. Shortening consists of sunflower oil, palm oil, and wheat flour, which create a similar, crumbly texture to suet.

What do the French eat instead of Christmas pudding? ›

La bûche de Noël

The quintessential French Christmas dessert is the bûche de Noël, or the Yule or Christmas Log, a rolled cake with filling and thick icing.

Why do you put a coin in a Christmas pudding? ›

It is key that every member of the family gives the pudding mixture a stir and makes a wish at the same time. Traditionally, a silver sixpence was stirred in to bring whoever found the coin on Christmas Day wealth and good luck in the year to come.

What is the old name for Christmas pudding? ›

Christmas Pudding (also known as plum pudding or figgy pudding) is a dish as famous as it is misunderstood. In America, Christmas Pudding (also known as plum pudding or figgy pudding) is a dish as famous as it is misunderstood.

Do they make gluten-free pudding mix? ›

Simple Mixes makes gluten-free pudding mixes, including: Simple Mixes Butterscotch Pudding. Simple Mixes Chocolate Pudding. Simple Mixes Vanilla Pudding.

Is there gluten-free pudding? ›

Pudding is naturally gluten-free, and eggless, and one can easily make it into vegan chocolate pudding. Of course, you could just use a box of store-bought pudding such as Jello Chocolate Pudding Mix. Which is indeed gluten-free in case you did not know.

Does Jello make gluten-free pudding? ›

Formulations and recipes can change from time to time so it's important to read labels each and every time a product is purchased. Other flavors of Jello pudding don't contain any gluten products at present and are safe to ingest for those who are maintaining a gluten-free diet.

What is St James Christmas pudding? ›

Handmade at every stage, our St James Christmas Pudding is filled with delicious dried fruits and a well-judged quantity of puss*r's Full-Strength Navy Rum alongside Fortnum's Cognac. Pair with our rich Cognac Butter for added spicy aromas and a delicious, boozy kick.

What is Victorian Christmas pudding made of? ›

A pound and a quarter of flour, fourteen ounces of suet, a pound and a quarter of stoned raisins, four ounces of currants, five of sugar, a quarter-pound of potatoes smoothly mashed, half a nutmeg, a quarter-teaspoonful of ginger, the same of salt, and of cloves in powder: mix these ingredients thoroughly, add four ...

What are the ingredients in Cole's brandy Christmas pudding? ›

Ingredients: Vine Fruit (41%) (Sultanas, Raisins, Currants), Vegetable Suet (Palm Oil, Sunflower Oil, Wheat Flour), Brandy (10%), Brown Sugar, Breadcrumbs (Wheat Flour, Water, Salt, Yeast), Wheat Flour, Chopped Walnuts, Partially Inverted Sugar Syrup, Chopped Orange Peel, Reconstituted Orange Juice, Reconstituted Lemon ...

Why is suet used in Christmas pudding? ›

As a result, suet fat is less likely to melt into the flour when making the pastry. When the pudding is cooked, the suet melts after the pastry has had a chance to set, leaving behind holes. This structure allows the pastry to better stand up to wet fillings and gives a lighter, fluffier texture.

Can I use butter in place of suet? ›

Yes you can use grated butter if you prefer. In the same way as Delia prepares quick flaky pastry, its easier to grate it if its been frozen for 45 minutes first and use a little of the flour to keep the gratings separate.

What can I use for suet fat? ›

The primary use of suet is to make tallow, although it is also used as an ingredient in cooking, especially in traditional baked puddings, such as British Christmas pudding. Suet is made into tallow in a process called rendering, which involves melting fats and extended simmering, followed by straining, then cooling.

Is pork fat the same as suet? ›

All Beef and Pork FAT is not suet!

True suet is the fat around the loin of a cow. It is very dry and hard, thus it crumbles when you handle it. Bacon grease, drippings from beef cooking, fats off steaks or from under the skin, or what is left-over from cooking is not suet - not even close.

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