Walnut Tree Workshops - Christmas Pudding

I am so glad I met a lady called Emma Wright.  As well as passing on my skills to her in floristry, and gaining a new friend for our flower club...I have discovered Emma's relatively new venture Walnut Tree Workshops.

I went along to the Christmas Pudding workshop yesterday which was tutored by chef Louise Eason.  As with Jo's workshop today a lot of fun and very hands on, all i needed was my pudding bowl.

After mixing lots of wonderful christmassy ingredients together I had made our christmas pudding (minus the cherries and peel for hubby). 

After that we watched Louise make some really easy but very different mince pies with the use of filo.  I also learnt that i can make mincemeat but leaving the eggs out of the pud recipe.

Well good old dad whilst i was out today and hubby at work, he steamed our pudding for 8 hours which leaves just 3 hours for me on Christmas day....however a couple of tips picked up today were if in plastic container after initial steaming you can just microwave, and someone mentioned using the slow cooker...will need to investigate as both easier than taking precious hob space off hubby on Christmas Day. 

I am now contemplating which workshop next for me.

If you want more information about Walnut Tree then visit http://walnuttreeworkshops.co.uk/

Christmas pudding fully steamed.....if you like the Pudding Basin it is available via John Lewis stores or online.