You could freeze the white sauce part then add the remaining butter rum and cream when you reheat it. I served the rum sauce with the Matthew Walker individual Christmas pudding which was in the hamper. Our mission is to give our members insight into what they are eating to empower them to make more informed food choices.

SAUCEPAN: Empty contents of pot into a saucepan and heat on a medium heat for 5-6 minutes, stirring constantly. I just love it, but like your children hubby doesn't like it, so when my folks travel down south to my brother for Christmas and we celebrate on our own we tend to forgo the Christmas pudding in favour of something that we both enjoy! The rough and ready beverage became popular for it enlivened the social rounds of the plantocracy and soothed the miseries of the enslaved Africans. It offers a rich and flavourful experience with a well-balanced blend of brandy, enhancing the traditional sauce. I don't often cook with alcohol as most of my recipes are for the kids too but this boozy sauce is unashamedly for me!Though since leaving home I must confess I've got rather excited by brandy butter and brandy cream - some years I am extra extravagant and get both!

Spiced rum usually tastes a bit holiday, because normally it's some combination of cinnamon, allspice, cloves and so forth. Yes it will - Bird's Original Custard Powder will thicken up with dairy alternatives such as Goats Milk, Soya Milk, Rice Milk and Lactose Free Milk. Place 2½ oz (60 g) of the butter in a saucepan with 2½ oz (60 g) flour, pour in the milk, then, using a balloon whisk, whisk everything vigorously together over a medium heat.I did check out their site for the gluten free hampers, but wasn't that impressed with the free from versions. Raise the heat slightly and beat the flour into the butter using a wooden spoon to create a thick paste (also knowm as a roux). Bird's custard powder brings you custard just the way you like it and there's no feeling quite like making your own! It was just the right size for one person and is the perfect way to get your Christmas pudding fix at any time.

Unlike some companies, they have a large range of hampers so it's easy to find one that suits your budget. Pour the hot sauce into a jug, then cover the surface with clingfilm and keep warm until required and whisk before serving. The Delia Online Cookery School: Another festive recipe is Christmas Stollen which you can watch being made in our video. If the sauce feels too thick, it is at this point you can thin it down with a little milk to your desired consistency.As the all in one sauce method is so easy, overall, I would say making it fresh is less effort than making, freezing and reviving it! Don't miss the chance to win one of three 5L Duromatic NEO pressure cookers from the award-winning cookware experts Kuhn Rikon. We went to Cuba for our honeymoon and the hotel in Havana left us a bottle of 15 year old Havana Club in the room. Aside from the Christmas pudding, I have to say that my favourite items in the hamper were the beautiful Belgian Marc de Champagne truffles.

If you want to try rum butter next time it's equal parts icing sugar and softened butter whipped with 3 tablespoons of rum (brandy) and about 2 tablespoons of boiling water to make sure it's not too thick.We track calories and 7 key nutrients - carbs, sugar, fibre, protein, fat, saturated fat and sodium. Rum in "coffee" - in our house in the 1950s it was actually Camp Coffee - was my first experience of alcohol (after Gripe Water of course).