Christmas bread pudding with rum custard

By Matt Tebbutt From Saturday Kitchen Ingredients For the bread pudding 2 free-range eggs, beaten with 2 free-range egg yolks 50ml/2fl oz dark rum 250ml/9fl oz full-fat milk 250ml/9fl oz double cream 50g/1¾oz caster sugar pinch cinnamon pinch mixed spice grating nutmeg 300g/10½oz leftover white bread, …

Sticky fig pudding with Armagnac ice cream, vanilla sauce and poached figs

By Matt Tebbutt From Saturday Kitchen Ingredients For the sticky fig pudding 200g/7oz dried figs, roughly chopped 180g/6¼oz dates, roughly chopped 100g/3½oz prunes, roughly chopped 150ml/5fl oz Armagnac 2 free-range eggs, beaten 150g/5½oz fresh breadcrumbs 1 orange, zest and juice 50g/1¾oz self-raising …

Christmas pudding with Douglas fir sauce

By Matt Tebbutt From Saturday Kitchen Ingredients For the Christmas pudding 250g/9oz sultanas 75g/2¾oz raisins 75g/2¾oz currants 75g/2¾oz candied citrus peel, chopped 1 Bramley apple, peeled and roughly chopped 3 tbsp dark rum 250ml/9fl oz Irish stout 1 orange, zest and juice butter, to …

Sausages with Yorkshire pudding (Purnell-style toad in the hole)

By Glynn Purnell From Saturday Kitchen Ingredients For the Yorkshire pudding batter 200g/7oz plain flour 200ml/7fl free-range eggs (about 4 eggs) 200ml/7fl oz milk salt 4 tsp sunflower oil For the sausages 1 tbsp sunflower oil 12 good quality thin pork sausages For the …

Chocolate hot cross bun pudding

By Donal Skehan From Saturday Kitchen Ingredients 6 hot cross buns, halved butter, for spreading 600ml/21fl oz milk 400ml/14fl oz double cream 1 cinnamon stick 4 free-range eggs 1 tsp vanilla extract 150g/5½oz caster sugar 200g/7oz leftover milk chocolate egg, broken into pieces vanilla ice cream, to serve …

Rhubarb and orange rice pudding with gingerbread biscuits

For this recipe you will need biscuits cutters (any shape will do). By Donal Skehan From Saturday Kitchen Ingredients For the rice pudding 200g/7oz pudding rice pinch of salt 1 tbsp unsalted butter 1 litre/1¾ pint full-fat milk 1 vanilla pod, split …

Apple and blood orange Sussex pond pudding

By Matt Tebbutt From Saturday Kitchen Ingredients For the Sussex pond pudding 125g/4½oz unsalted butter, plus extra for lining the bowl 200g/7oz self-raising flour, plus extra for lining the bowl 100g/3½oz suet 60g/2¼oz milk 125g/4½oz soft brown sugar 1 small cinnamon stick 1 large blood …