Anyone straying from the traditional Christmas pudding on the big day??

[Mimi1977]

I'm going to make Delia's as do every year but I'm not a major fan of it. Have been eyeing up a gorgeous looking steamed chocolate pudding in Nigella's Christmas.

What is everyone else going to have on Christmas day??

We always have trifle, and lately an option on a vegan-friendly dessert - something dark chocolate, or maybe a fruit salad. I don't find anyone in our house can face a solid dessert after the roast.

We don't bother - DH is vegetarian and I'm wheat free so to find a vegetarian wheat free xmas pud that actually tastes half decent is probably impossible anyway, but even if we did, we haven't got a microwave so would take 3 hours to steam the sodding thing. Stuff that.

Apple pie, mince pies, meringues and fruit, plus cream and / or posh ice cream Chez Snowtiger this year, then a couple of whopping great slabs of seriously honky cheese. Yum!

Am not doing a turkey either! Gasp! Will probably be hanged by the Chrismas police but have decided to do lamb shanks instead.

we usually have something chocolate, none of us like xmas pudding

We always have my mum's delicious chocolate mousse - in my family Christmas pudding is strictly for Boxing Day after a lunch of cold turkey, ham, cheese, pickles etc.

HATE, HATE, HATE Christmas pudding - I usually make a brandy tart (with cream or custard) instead ...

However, the nicest christmas pudding I have ever had was when we were in sunnier climes for Christmas and there was a frozen, ice-cream based christmas pudding on offer - absoutely delicious !!

normally i do trifel, after a whole xmas dinner i always fine xmas pudding a bit heavy. I normally save it for boxing day. I normally do a trifel, but this year im doing a white chocolate mouse ( from this months delicious mag) and it can be made the day before as well...

We always have a trifle after Christmas dinner - too stuffed to find room for pudding as well! I always make Delia's Christmas pudding and we have that on Boxing Day.