Mummy’s Plum Pudding with Boozy Christmas Sauce

It has always been the tradition in our house to eat the first plum pudding on the evening it is made. As children we could hardly contain ourselves with excitement — somehow that pudding seemed all the more delicious because it was our first taste of Christmas.

The pudding was usually made about mid-November and everyone had to stir so we could make a wish — I now know that it helped to mix it properly.

It’s also fun to put silver charms in the pudding destined to be eaten on Christmas Day.