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X'mas recipes: Mince pie and plum pudding

December 17, 2019 15:08 IST

Want to try out some traditional festive treats this Christmas? Chef Avijit Deb Sharma, Executive Chef from Novotel and Ibis Bengaluru shares two delicious recipes.

Plum Pudding (each pudding serves 12)

Ingredients:

For the fruit mixture (to be made 30 days ahead):

For the pudding:

Method:

Note: This pudding is best when made a year in advance and allowed to mellow. It was customary to make it early in Advent -- the religious season before Christmas -- and use it the following year.
Everyone in the family was supposed to stir the pudding once for good luck. If you can't make it the year before, at least give it a few weeks to age.


Mince Pie

Ingredients:

For the pastry:

Method:


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Chef Avijit Deb Sharma