A taste of

Christmas

everything we make is 100% gluten free

…with our festive puddings…

SORRY BUT DUE TO FAMILY COMMITMENTS I AM NOT COOKING THIS YEAR


Our Christmas Puddings come in the following sizes: 

a small pudding (120g) for one
a big pudding (200g) suitable for two to share
a bigger pudding (454g) for a family of four
our biggest pudding (908g) that will serve eight (or six with seconds)

Cherry & Pecan
Christmas Pudding

Our new pudding for Christmas. Lots of nice fruits laced with Port and Brandy and topped with more cherries and pecan nuts.
Taste of the West Gold 2022
All the aromas you would expect from a Christmas pudding – warming. Christmas in a bowl!

  • Cherry & Pecan Ingredients:

    Glacé Cherries [Cherries, Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Sugar, Citric Acid, Fruit & Vegetable juice for colour [Radish, Blackcurrant and Apple], Sulphur Dioxide], Pecan (nuts), Sultanas, Muscovado Sugar, Dried Apricots, Mixed Peel [Orange, Glucose Fructose Syrup, Lemon, Citric Acid, Sugar, Sorbate), Gluten Free Flour, Gluten Free Breadcrumbs, Free Range Eggs, Unsalted Butter (milk), Port, Brandy, Cream (milk), Orange Zest, Mixed Spice [Cinnamon, Coriander, Nutmeg, Cloves, Pimento, Ginger], Cinnamon.

    Allergens in bold 


    Suitable for vegetarians

  • Allergen Advice:

    Contains Eggs, dairy, nuts and sulphur dioxide

  • How to enjoy…

    Our Christmas Puddings have already been cooked and only requires gentle reheating. To ensure that your pudding tastes its best we recommend heating by steaming.


    How to enjoy… remove outer packaging, leaving basin lid on and place in a steamer over boiling water and steam gently for the following times:

    200g = 45 - 60 mins

    454g = 1 hour

    908g =  2 hours


    Leave to stand for 5 minutes before serving.


    If you would rather microwave… remove outer packaging, leaving basin lid on and place in microwave and re-heat for:  200g – 1 minute • 454g – 3 minutes  

    Leave to stand for 1 minute before serving


    These times are guidelines only, see your microwave manual

Luxury
Christmas Pudding

Light in colour and bursting with flavour, using the finest of ingredients – a beautiful balance of plump, ripe fruits, ginger and Contreau.
Taste of the West Gold and Great Taste Awards 2020 

  • Luxury Ingredients:

    Butter (Milk), Sugar, Sultanas, Raisins, White Wine Sulphites, Dried Pineapple 7% [Raw Cane Sugar, Dried Pineapple, Sulphur Dioxide, Citric Acid], Ground Almonds, Gluten-free flour [rice, potato, tapioca, maize, buckwheat], Gluten-free breadcrumbs [Water, Rice Flour, Tapioca Starch, Maize Starch, Rapeseed Oil, Psyllium Husk, Rice Proteins, Emulsifier (Cellulose Fibre), Treacle, Potato Starch, Thickener (Hydroxypropylmethyl Cellulose), Yeast, Salt, Rice Starch, Thickener (Carboxymethyl Cellulose), Preservative (Sodium Propionate), Buckwheat Flour, Golden Flax Seed, Stabilizer (Xanthan Gum)], Organic Crystallised Ginger 4% [Organic Ginger Stem, Organic Raw Cane Sugar], Dried Apricots 4%, Glacé Cherries 

    [Cherries, Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Sugar, Citric Acid, Fruit & Vegetable juice for colour [Radish, Blackcurrant and Apple], Sulphur Dioxide], Mixed Peel [Orange, Glucose Fructose Syrup, Lemon, Citric Acid, Sugar, Sorbate), Cointreau 3%, Free Range Eggs, Orange & Lemon Zest, Mixed Spice [Cinnamon, Coriander, Nutmeg, Cloves, Pimento, Ginger], Ground Ginger.


    Allergens are marked in bold above.  All our puddings are suitable for vegetarians 

  • Allergen Advice:

    Contains Eggs, dairy, nuts and sulphites

  • How to enjoy…

    Our Christmas Puddings have already been cooked and only requires gentle reheating. To ensure that your pudding tastes its best we recommend heating by steaming.


    How to enjoy… remove outer packaging, leaving basin lid on and place in a steamer over boiling water and steam gently for the following times:

    200g = 45 - 60 mins

    454g = 1 hour

    908g =  2 hours


    Leave to stand for 5 minutes before serving.


    If you would rather microwave… remove outer packaging, leaving basin lid on and place in microwave and re-heat for:  200g – 1 minute • 454g – 3 minutes  


    Leave to stand for 1 minute before serving

    These times are guidelines only, see your microwave manual

  • Adapt this pudding

    We also do a dairy-free version of this pudding. All the breadcrumbs are dairy free anyway and we substitute the butter with:


    Water, Sunflower Oil (35%), Vegetable Oils (Palm, Linseed), Salt (0.75%), Flavouring, Vitamin E, Vitamin A & D, Colour (Carotenes), Vitamin B12 

Dark & Fruity
Christmas Pudding

Full of flavour, with plump moist fruits, spices and laced with Courvoisier Brandy

Taste of the West Silver 2018

  • Dark & Fruity Ingredients:

    Gluten free flour blend [flour blend (rice, potato, tapioca, maize, buckwheat], muscovado sugar, breadcrumbs [Water, Rice Flour, Tapioca Starch, Maize Starch, Rapeseed Oil, Psyllium Husk, Rice Proteins, Emulsifier (Cellulose Fibre), Treacle, Potato Starch, Thickener (Hydroxypropylmethyl Cellulose), Yeast, Salt, Rice Starch, Thickener (Carboxymethyl Cellulose), Preservative (Sodium Propionate), Buckwheat Flour, Golden Flax Seed, Stabilizer (Xanthan Gum)], 

    Dairy Free Spread [Vegetable Oils (Sunflower (35%), Palm, Linseed), Water, Salt (0.75%), Natural Flavouring, Vitamin E, Natural Colour (Carotenes)], 

    Black Treacle, Courvoisier Cognac, Black Tea, 

    Sultanas, Currants, Golden Raisins [sulphur dioxide], Raisins, Dates, Apple, 

    Cinnamon, Mixed spice [Coriander, Cassia, Ginger, Nutmeg, Fennel & Cloves], sea salt, lemon and orange zest.

    Allergens in bold 

  • Allergen Advice:

    Contains eggs

  • How to enjoy…

    Our Christmas Puddings have already been cooked and only requires gentle reheating. To ensure that your pudding tastes its best we recommend heating by steaming.


    How to enjoy… remove outer packaging, leaving basin lid on and place in a steamer over boiling water and steam gently for the following times:

    200g = 45 - 60 mins

    454g = 1 hour

    908g =  2 hours


    Leave to stand for 5 minutes before serving.


    If you would rather microwave… remove outer packaging, leaving basin lid on and place in microwave and re-heat for:  200g – 1 minute • 454g – 3 minutes  


    Leave to stand for 1 minute before serving

    These times are guidelines only, see your microwave manual

  • Adapt this pudding

    Our Dark & Fruity Christmas Pudding can come in a FreeFrom 14 version – by replacing some of the dried fruit with sulphur free alternative fruits, so it becomes a completely allergen free pudding.

Bramley Apple Christmas Pudding

Made with Bramley apples, dates, vine fruits, ground almonds, nutmeg and brandy, with no added sugar. Delicious hot with brandy butter or cold with a slab of cheddar cheese!

  • Bramley Apple Ingredients:

    Gluten-free flour [rice, potato, tapioca, maize, buckwheat], Unsalted butter, apple juice, dates, bramley apple, Raisins, Sultanas, bicarb, plain flour, ground almonds, nutmeg,  orange and lemon zests

    Allergens in bold 

  • Allergen Advice:

    Contains dairy and nuts


    No added sugar but contains fruit sugars

  • How to enjoy…

    How to enjoy… reheat and enjoy with cream, brandy butter 


    or even tastes good eated cold with a slab of cheddar cheese 

…or maybe…

why not try our mini mince pies or sticky toffee puds 

Mini Mince Pies

Our mini mince pies have a crisp pastry case filled with fruity mincemeat and topped with a pastry Christmas tree. 

Taste of the West Gold 2022 – 
Wonderful. Buttery pastry. Lots of fruit and spice. Christmas in a bite! Would have no clue these are GF. They are utterly moreish and delicious both hot and cold and they leave a lovely, lingering aftertaste. 
Please note that no butter was used in the recipe!

  • MIni Mince Pie Ingredients:

    Pastry: Flour Blend (rice, potato, tapioca, maize, buckwheat), Xanthan Gum, Dairy Free Spread [Sunflower Oil (35%), Water, Vegetable Oils (Palm, Linseed), Salt (0.75%), Flavouring, Vitamin E, Vitamin A & D, Colour (Carotenes), Vitamin B12], Palm Oil, Rapeseed Oil, Sugar.


    Fructose Syrup, Candied Mixed Citrus Peel (3%), Cherries [Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Citric Acid, Fruit and Vegetable Juice for colour and E220], Dried Apricots [Sulphur Dioxide E220], Vegetable Suet [Palm Oil, Sunflower Oil], Mixed Spices, Preservative (Acetic Acid), Colour (Plain Caramel) and port.  

    Allergens in bold 


    Suitable for vegetarians and vegans

  • Allergen Advice:

    Contains sulphur dioxide

  • How to enjoy…

    How to enjoy…Serve hot or cold with a dollop of cream or brandy butter!


    Heat gently in the oven for 5 minutes


Sticky Toffee Pudding

A light, soft sponge baked with a rich toffee sauce – simply delicious!

Taste of the West Gold and Great Taste 1 Awards 
what the judges said…
"a deep, dark, rich pudding, caramelised on the palate. The sponge is wonderfully light, the dates sweet and gentle, the sauce surprisingly deep and dark with those treacle toffee notes. We love the generosity of the saucing – and were really very pleasantly surprised to note that this is a gluten free pudding" 

  • Sticky Toffee Ingredients:

    Dates, unsalted butter (milk), flour blend (rice, potato, tapioca, maize, buckwheat), raising agents (mono calcium phosphate, sodium bicarbonate), Xanthan Gum, free range egg, water, sugar, cream (milk), organic vanilla extract, coffee.


    Allergens are marked in bold above.  All our puddings are suitable for vegetarians 

  • Allergen Advice:

    Contains Eggs and dairy

  • How to enjoy…

    How to enjoy the 200g (serves 1-2 people) … 

    Remove outer packaging and the lid, place on a baking tray (because the sauce might seep out), and then re-heat in a pre-heated oven (180ºC) for 15 - 20 minutes.


    How to enjoy the 500g (serves 3-4 people) … Remove outer packaging and the lid, place on a baking tray and re-heat in a pre-heated oven (180ºC) for 20 - 25 minutes. 


    Let the puddings stand for both sizes for a few minutes because the foil will be hot!


    Or if you really can’t wait, remove from the foil into a microwaveable dish and heat for approx 40 seconds 

Our Pop Ups here at Bramleys…

From 10am to 1pm, here at Bramleys in Sturminster Newton. Puddings, tarts and more, plus sometimes a few doughnuts. Good to pre order to guarantee your products.

The history of the Christmas Pudding…

Plum Pudding dates back to medieval time. It has its origins in a 14th Century porridge made by boiling beef and mutton with dried fruit. It evolved over the years and by the 18th Century was firmly established as part of the Christmas feast.

The recipes we use today date back to Victorian times. The story goes that the pudding was made on "stir up Sunday", the first Sunday of Advent. Each member of the family had to stir the mixture for luck and make three wishes. In addition Silver charms were put in to ward off evil.

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