I made Delia’s Christmas mincemeat recipe with substitutes. I removed almonds and replaced with dried cranberries, and used dark rum instead of brandy. I did use suet and not veg suet. Apart from that ...

We have followed the Christmas pudding recipe on pages 536-538 of the 1991 Delia Smith’s complete illustrated cookery course. We covered the finished mixture & put it in the fridge overnight but were ...