Instant Pot Christmas Pudding

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By Becky Krystal

Christmas pudding, oregon plum pudding, is 1 of the oldest and astir quintessentially British recipes — a dark, sticky and boozy steamed cake, jam-packed with dried fruit. This mentation from “The Official Bridgerton Cookbook” makes for a stunning coda to a vacation meal. Serving it astatine meal parties was a motion of patriotism during the Georgian period, and a household similar the Bridgertons would marque a constituent of showing their allegiance to the crown.

To velocity up the different 6-hour steaming process, we’ve borrowed Instant Pot instructions from Nigella Lawson. If you privation to steam connected the stovetop, spot Variations. The archetypal look called for a affluent custard (crème anglaise) for drizzling implicit the pud’, but dense pick makes for a simpler, little saccharine and somewhat little outrageous garnish. You tin besides service with your favourite vanilla crystal pick oregon adjacent eggnog.

Recipe adapted from “The Official Bridgerton Cookbook” by Regula Ysewijn and Susan Vu (Random House Worlds, 2024); Instant Pot instructions adapted from Nigella Lawson.

Ingredients

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Servings: 8-10 (makes 1 6-inch pudding)

1/2 cupful (70 grams) dried currants
1/2 cupful (75 grams) dried peaches, finely chopped
1/2 cupful (75 grams) raisins, finely chopped
5 ample (80 grams) pitted Medjool dates, finely chopped
1 tablespoonful finely grated orangish zest (from 1 orange)
1/2 cupful (120 milliliters) caller orangish foodstuff (from 1 to 2 oranges)
1/2 cupful (120 milliliters) brandy
8 tablespoons (1 stick/113 grams) unsalted butter, softened, positive much arsenic needed
1/2 cupful (110 grams) packed acheronian brownish sugar
1/2 spoon crushed cinnamon
1/4 spoon crushed cloves
1/4 spoon crushed ginger
1/4 spoon crushed allspice
1/4 spoon freshly grated nutmeg
1/4 spoon crushed mace
1/4 spoon good salt
2 ample eggs
1/2 cupful (65 grams) all-purpose flour
1/2 cupful (50 grams) plain dried breadcrumbs
1/4 cupful (45 grams) candied pineapple wedges, finely chopped
1/4 cupful (25 grams) candied orangish peel, finely chopped
1/2 cupful (2 3/4 ounces/80 grams) peeled and grated saccharine apple, specified arsenic Honeycrisp oregon Fuji
Warmed dense cream, for serving (optional)

Nutritional Facts

Per serving, based connected 10

Calories
322
Fat
11 g
Saturated Fat
6 g
Carbohydrates
50 g
Sodium
129 mg
Cholesterol
61 mg
Protein
4 g
Fiber
3 g
Sugar
35 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Recipe adapted from “The Official Bridgerton Cookbook” by Regula Ysewijn and Susan Vu (Random House Worlds, 2024); Instant Pot instructions adapted from Nigella Lawson.

Tested by Becky Krystal.

Published December 16, 2024

Updated March 17, 2026