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What Exactly Is Figgy Pudding?

Curious about figgy pudding? Discover the history, ingredients, and traditions behind this holiday dessert that’s more than just a Christmas carol reference.
Good old-fashioned stodge: beef and ale pud and coffee, date and cardamom suet puddings. Photograph: Jill Mead/Guardian. The irresistible, rib-sticking qualities of these suet pudding recipes will ...
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The contestants had been asked to make a suet pudding (we’ll get to the meaning of that later) and one contestant decided to make spotted dick. A spotted WHAT?! I was left flabbergasted… what on earth ...
If you’re partial to a suet pudding, then you’re going to love the new Thursday night menu over at city centre restaurant Beef and Pudding. For bosses at the urban pub and kitchen on Booth Street have ...
Here’s a brilliant vegetarian twist on the classic steak and kidney suet pudding. With all the amazing root vegetables we grow here in the UK, there’s no excuse not to make the most of them – and what ...
"The last thing I want is stodgy suet. It's revolting," declared Bake Off judge Paul Hollywood on Tuesday's show. But Bake Off viewers were shocked when the contestants baked their signature suet ...
Last year, one of my colleagues, Shawn Vestal, wrote an ode on this page to finger steaks. They taste fine, sure, but let’s review what they are. Finger steaks are small pieces of cow soaked in ...
Christmas means different things to different people. For me, it's an opportunity to eat celebratory foods that aren't ...
One is marginally higher in energy, protein, fat, saturated fat, carbohydrates, sugar and sodium. But which one is it?
The pudding we know today began life as a pottage. This was a kind of broth, including raisins and other dried fruit, spices ...
Don't miss out on the headlines from Recipes. Followed categories will be added to My News. The contestants had been asked to make a suet pudding (we’ll get to the meaning of that later) and one ...