Christmas Pudding Samosas - British Desserts

Ingredients

Ingredients for Christmas Pudding Samosas
  • 500 g Plain flour
  • 20 g cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 175 ml Rapeseed oil
  • 200 g Leftover Christmas pudding
  • 1 to_taste Whisky
  • 1 piece Eggs (Beaten)
  • 1 to_taste Vegetable oil (For deep-frying)
  • 1 to_taste Icing sugar (For dusting)
  • 200 ml Double cream
  • 600 ml Whole milk
  • 4 piece Egg yolks
  • 3 tbsp cornflour
  • 100 g Caster sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 0.5 piece Nutmeg (Grated)

Instructions

  1. Sieve flour, cocoa, and salt into a bowl. Mix in oil until breadcrumb-like. Add warm water to form a dough.

  2. Shape dough into a ball, wrap in cling film, and chill for 1 hour.

  3. Break down Christmas pudding and mix with whisky.

  4. Roll out dough thinly and cut into circles.

  5. Place pudding mixture in the center of each circle, brush edges with egg, and fold into samosas.

  6. Heat vegetable oil in a deep fryer or large pan to 180°C. Deep-fry samosas until golden brown.

  7. Dust with icing sugar and set aside.

  8. For the whisky custard, heat cream and milk in a pan.

  9. Whisk egg yolks, cornflour, and sugar in a bowl.

  10. Pour hot cream mixture over egg mixture, whisking constantly. Return to pan and cook until thickened.

  11. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla extract and nutmeg.

  12. Add whisky to taste.

  13. Serve samosas warm with whisky custard.

Reviews & Comments

Jessica Evin
Nov 10, 2025

My Christmas favourite. One is not enough.

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