As we approach the festive season, I thought I would devote today’s review to a Christmas Pudding.
My pudding of choice is Heston Blumenthal’s Hidden Orange.
This is available exclusively at Waitrose, who following last year’s stampede , have trebled their stock in an effort to satisfy all consumers.
The pudding was launched in 2010, and rapidly sold out; in fact at the time many canny individuals were selling their’s on Ebay for anything up to £250, quite a mark up when you consider they were retailing for around £13.99.
Anyway, to return to the pudding itself....
It is presented in a large, black cardboard box – and does feel rather heavy! An indication of the large amounts of fruit it contains. Inside, the pudding is housed in a black; plastic microwaveable bowl with a plastic film lid.
Before the invention of microwaves, a pudding this size would have needed to be boiled for a good few hours before being ready to eat – but luckily a few minutes in the microwave is all you need these days!
This looks just like a traditional pudding, but once you cut it open; you reveal the candied orange inside, and it is the flavour of the orange that enrobes the pudding.
The taste is sublime, and trust me; just a small slice of this will fill you up! I would serve it with a generous dollop of brandy cream.
This year I noticed, that mini versions of the pudding have also been created. These are perfect for one person (or maybe two with a small appetite) and instead of containing the orange, inside is a candied clementine; they retail for £3.49.
If you want to buy one, take a look at Waitrose website, and search for ‘Hidden Orange’
My score :-
Out of 5 would be 4. Just because I am not a fan of fruit cakes, but can see why these are so popular.
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