Plum Pudding with Orange-Mace Hard Sauce

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Plum pudding was once the star of Christmas dinner, but its old-fashioned flavor and heaviness has caused it to fall out of flavor. Could we make it shine again?

SERVES 16

Plum Pudding with Orange-Mace Hard Sauce

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We wanted a simpler, more modern plum pudding recipe that would not require months of aging. We used a little less butter in place of the suet, which gave us a rich but much lighter-textured pudding. To skip the expense of a classic pudding...

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