We shared Christmas Pudding with you recently, and today we have something even better for you to make with some of the left overs – Christmas Pudding Ice Cream!
Ice Cream and Christmas Pudding in one dessert has got to be something that is bound to turn into a firm favourite for those that are looking for ways to use the Christmas Dinner leftovers in creative and fun ways. This doesn’t require too much of the Christmas Pudding to be left either, so you should be able to make it without denying too many of the relatively some of the pudding.
If your household is anything like ours, there are only a few of you that like Christmas pudding anyway, so creating an ice cream from some of the stuff that’s left after the meal on Christmas Day is actually considered to be a bit of a bonus for everyone concerned.
This recipe works fine with gluten free, or some of the other less traditional Christmas puddings, so you don’t need to worry about making sure you have the right pudding either. Whatever pudding you decided to have on the day, should be fine, as long as there is enough left to make the ice cream with.
Ingredients
- Small tub (500ml) of Vanilla ice cream
- 100g Xmas pudding – we hope you have some left, and
- Frozen berries, a handful works perfectly.
The best thing about this recipe is that is takes 5 minutes to prep, and another 5 minutes to make. It is so simple your kids can do it, without you bothering to help them that much at all!
How to make your Christmas pudding ice cream
- Take your leftover pudding, and roughly chop it into 1cm cubes. You might need to help the kids here; it isn’t easy estimating cubes of pudding, and it might be a little stodgy to chop too
- Remove your Vanilla ice cream from the freezer, and leave it to stand for about 2 minutes so it has thawed slightly
- Stir in the Christmas pudding chunks into the ice cream in a big bowl. Your Vanilla ice cream should have thawed sufficiently to make it possible to stir in the pudding chunks quite easily after those 2 minutes,
- While you are stirring the chunks in, do be careful, to make sure that you don’t break the chunks up too much,
- Serve the ice cream and the Christmas pudding immediately, with a few of the fabulous frozen berries you have on top, and
- If you would rather not serve it immediately, you can just pop in back into the tub and serve it later. If you are awesome – you can even pop it into small circular individual tubs for that personal Christmas pudding touch!
Perfect – right?
This is a lovely way to use up some of that leftover Christmas Pud, or to get the kids to eat pudding if they have been a little reticent up until now.
And when else are you able to have a spot of brandy with your ice cream without feeling a little bit guilty?
If you want to print this recipe out – here is the recipe card for you; we hope that this makes things a little easier for you.
Christmas pudding ice cream
Simple, but fabulous Christmas pudding recipe for you that is a great way of using up any leftovers from the big day.
Ingredients
- Small tub (500ml) of Vanilla ice cream
- 100g Xmas pudding - we hope you have some left, and
- Frozen berries, a handful works perfectly.
Instructions
- Take your leftover pudding, and roughly chop it into 1cm cubes. You might need to help the kids here; it isn't easy estimating cubes of pudding, and it might be a little stodgy to chop too
- Remove your Vanilla ice cream from the freezer, and leave it to stand for about 2 minutes so it has thawed slightly
- Stir in the Christmas pudding chunks into the ice cream in a big bowl. Your Vanilla ice cream should have thawed sufficiently to make it possible to stir in the pudding chunks quite easily after those 2 minutes,
- While you are stirring the chunks in, do be careful, to make sure that you don't break the chunks up too much,
- Serve the ice cream and the Christmas pudding immediately, with a few of the fabulous frozen berries you have on top, and
- If you would rather not serve it immediately, you can just pop in back into the tub and serve it later. If you are awesome - you can even pop it into small circular individual tubs for that personal Christmas pudding touch!
This is a recipe taken from the Ocado collection of goodies, so do see if you like any of the others that they have available for you all on their site. There are some lovely ideas on there, not just for Christmas.
Why not check out some of the other recipes that we have on KiddyCharts too?
Christmas recipes on KiddyCharts
Here are a few more ideas for Christmas to get you and the kids excited!
Glazed sugar cookies
These are a really simple but effective glazed cookie - fun and easy for Christmas.
Christmas Tree fudge
Perfect for getting you into the Christmas spirit - who doesn't want Christmas Tree fudge!
Gluten free Christmas pudding recipe
Fabulous and festive Christmas pudding that's gluten free!
Here are some more ideas for Christmas for you too – this time from off KiddyCharts:
Christmas recipes from off site
Some more Christmas recipes for you to have a go at.
Christmas Frozen Yogurt Bark
This is just gorgeous - a lovely frozen yoghurt Christmas bark for you to make at home with the kids. We LOVE the strawberries and kiwi in this.
Candy Cane Blondie Bites Recipe
Nothing says Christmas to me more than Candy Canes - and these are a perfect little treat for when the season approaches. Easy and fun to make with the kids, check them out on Mommy Snippets.
Christmas Cupcakes - Snowball cupcakes with Advocaat frosting....
Not strictly 100% Christmas but fun nonetheless - do note these have Advocaat in the frosting, but you can always adapt if you would rather not have this on your cupcakes!
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Helen Neale
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