HELP!!! Need a dessert idea for xmas lunch!

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Am doing big xmas lunch for 5 people and have just realised 3 of them dont like xmas pud. Crap!! Anyone doing anything else for pud this year?? My thoughts were perhaps an apple ang mincemeat strudel or a tart of some kind. Needs to be relitivley easy cos i have a demanding 6 month old!! Plus something that can be made the day before would be brilliant.
Any ideas PLEASE?!

Bread and butter pudding, but you make mincemeat sandwiches, then make the pudding as per normal.

chocolate mouse and icecream, served with mixture of italian biscuits (amaretti, and those almonds ones)+ vin santo wine.

or a big mince tart
or
some sweetened chestnut puree at ther bottom of individual glasses/little dessert bowls,add crumbled meringe, best vanilla ic cream and a dollop of whipped cream and sprinkle with chocolate shavings - easy peasy marrons mon blanc and one of the most delicious pudddings ever !

Am doing christmas pudding and sticky toffee pudding

Trifle, i am making one for boxing day for 10 people and is even tastier prepared the day before.

chocolate mousse.
4 eggs, separated, 225 g chocolate, juice of two oranges.

in a bowl over a pan of boiling water, melt the chocolate with the orange juice, once melted remove from the heat and which in the egg yolks. whisk the egg whites to form soft peaks and fold into the chocolate mixture. spoon in to ramikins and chill - voila.

crhistmas pudding of course

from the supermarket

(actually i find i am so full after everything else i prefer fruit salad and ice cream. you could use exotic fruits)

Oh my God, obviously trifle. There is no other option!

we only do christmas pud, mince pies or sorbet

you're normally too full to appreciate a pudding anyway

We will have tiramisu on xmas day this year and trifle for boxing day.

There's an Irish Coffee pud in Delia's Christmas that has to be made 8 hours before (ie Christmas Eve). I've never done it, but it sounds nice, you chill it and it separates into layers. I can type it up for you if you want it.

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hungry now think ill go and make some toast Tirimisu sounds ace but my inlaws like simple things might make that for just me one evening, ditto choc mousse!! so either b+butter pud, sticky toffee or trifle. Thinking trifle is the easy option does any one have a really great recipie? I hate trifle with the sponge and jelly together the texture makes me gag! One without jelly would be good.

My mum always gave us meringues (buy or make in advance - they are dead easy and I bet Deliah tells you how on line), raspberries (buy - supermarket or farm shops often have them frozen, so you only have to defrost) and whipped cream. Luuurvely and no hassle. Guess what we're having this year??? Yep, and Mum's bringing the meringues!

Thanks fruittea delia is my favourite tv chef Ive got all her books sounds delish will go and look it up!

That's OK. Let me know if you can't find it. Am going to do it for Christmas Eve myself, she says it's a bit lighter so hoping it will be just the job.

oh god yes meringues - even better pavlova - easy peasy - v nice wth kiwi fruit

really easy trifle recipe:

line bottom of bowl with trifle sponges (or sliced swiss roll), add rum or sherry. Add a packet of frozen forest fruits (defrosted), next add custard (tin if you want), then cream and top with sliced almonds

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I made this a couple of weeks ago and everyone was crazy about it. The best bit was it was seriously easy. I used waffle cookies.

Dont you have a spare belly for pudding YP?? I find however full I am my 2nd belly takes over for pudding!

We are having christmas pudding, with a chocolate log and ice cream sundaes for those who choose to not have pudding.

Do Raspberry meringue bomb. Tastes and looks amazing but is crazily easy to make.

Where do I find the merangue bomb recipe?

250g/8oz frozen raspberries
2 tbsp Creme de Cassis ( I left this out)
280ml/10fl oz double cream
125g/4oz ready-made meringues

1. Start by defrosting the raspberries. Then push them through the mouli with a medium disk (or use a sieve and the back of a wooden spoon, this is what I did) squeezing out all the juice you can. Stir in the Creme de Cassis.

1. In another bowl, whisk the cream until it just starts to thicken. I use a balloon whisk to do this - although it is tempting to use an electric whisk, you don't have the same control and can easily end up over-whipping the cream.
2. In a third bowl, crumble the meringues into quite chunky pieces. It is easy to be too thorough here - you want to achieve a rubble effect with lots of texture not dust!
3. Pour the cream over the meringues and mix-up gently until the meringues are evenly coated.
4. Gently pour half the raspberry couli over the meringue-and-cream mixture and stir in - but not too much. Ideally you want to achieve an almost marbled effect. Save the rest of the raspberry coulis for later.
5. Pour the finished mixture into a pudding basin, covering carefully with foil and put in the freezer for at least 3 hours.
6. When you are ready to serve, place the pudding basin in a bowl of hot water for about 30 seconds. Tip out onto a serving plate and cut into slices. Serve with the reamining raspberry sauce drizzled across each slice.

I also served the raspberry mixture left in the sieve. ENJOY!!!