Egerton's award winning christmas puddings

For everyone else, Christmas only really started this month, but at one hotel in Egerton, preparations have been underway since September.

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00:00 Well, as November draws its curtains to a close, and with Christmas being only 24 sleeps

00:05 away, preparations across the county have already started for the holiday season.

00:11 One hotel in Edgerton has already begun its preparations.

00:14 Fraser's Hotel and Restaurant is a sustainable hotel built out of fully renovated farm buildings

00:20 and is renowned for its Christmas puddings.

00:24 Last year they won a Great Taste One Star award from the Guild of Fine Food, a marker

00:29 of the impressive recipe passed down throughout the Fraser family.

00:33 I spoke to the current owner of Fraser's about her successes and how other businesses can

00:38 follow suit.

00:39 Yes, it's my grandmother's recipe, so it's over a hundred year old recipe that we have

00:46 slightly amended to utilise all local alcohol.

00:52 So we use Greensand Ridge rum, Bindon cider and Shepard Neem stout.

00:58 We then cook the puddings with the excess solar power off of one of our buildings and

01:03 all the packaging is recyclable.

01:06 My whole ethos at Fraser's is short supply chains using local produce prepared on site.

01:12 Now what actually goes into making a Christmas pudding?

01:16 Well, first you have to soak all the fruit in your preferred alcoholic beverage, most

01:21 likely brandy or cognac, and let it soak for a while.

01:24 Then once ready, mix with flour and eggs and transfer to bowls for your preferred size.

01:30 Then the puddings have to be put in the oven for a whole ten hours before they can come

01:33 out, be cooled and packaged for sale.

01:36 What's the demand like for Christmas puddings around this time of year?

01:39 I guess it's very high.

01:40 Massive, absolutely massive, loads.

01:41 I couldn't even quantify a number to how many I've done or sheer weight of volume I've done.

01:48 I think I'm pushing a thousand kilos this year, so close to a thousand kilos this year.

01:54 I did 800 plus last year, so quite high demand, yeah.

02:00 Now I just had to try some for myself.

02:04 Well here I am at Fraser's in Edgerton and I'm trying their award-winning Christmas pudding.

02:11 It's got a recipe that's been passed around throughout generations of the Fraser family.

02:21 And it does not disappoint.

02:22 It's got a beautiful taste that's making me look forward to Christmas even more.

02:26 Well don't be intimidated by the process at Fraser's.

02:29 You too can make your own puddings right at home.

02:32 And while the chefs didn't want to share their generational recipe with me, just know that

02:36 making a pudding isn't quite as hard as it looks.

02:39 Finn McDermid for KMTV.