Victorian christmas dinner

Get inspired to bring a bit of the Charles Dickens holiday spirit to life at your dinner table this season. We’ve put together a festive menu that’s faithful to his ‘A Christmas C…

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Prepare to be captivated by the fiery spectacle of this traditional flaming plum pudding topped with a brandy butter sauce. Full of candied fruit, brandy, rich flavours and aromatic spices, this festive fruit cake is the embodiment of Christmas. Perfect to serve after Christmas dinner or for a Victorian Christmas inspired feast.

Goose, seasonal in England due to migratory patterns, was readily hunted, and while this may seem pretentious to us, it was both easily available and seasonal. Now, you may certainly make this recipe with turkey if that's what's available to you, but I'm including it here with the traditional goose merely because it would make Mrs. Beeton happy (and because I'm hoping those of you who hunt will be able to put the recipe to good use).

Victorian Era Cooking Facts about Upperclass Dinner Courses,Dinners,Foods

Create a Dickensian Christmas dinner to give the holiday a fun spin!

The Victorians brought about (or revived) many of the Christmas traditions that we celebrate today, from Christmas carols and Christmas cards to the all-essential Christmas tree. The recipes in this collection, from Pigeon Pie to Plum Pudding, look to the past for inspiration, and have all the makings of a magical feast.