STIR-UP SUNDAY is long gone, but if you didn’t manage to make your own Christmas pud, don’t fret, there are lots of really good ones on sale, and many can be ordered online and delivered to your door. Peter Ward of Country Choice deli and coffee shop in Nenagh makes some of the very best puddings in the country, all mixed by hand in the shop’s vegetable sink. The quality of the fruit, which Ward imports from specialist suppliers all over the world, makes these puds stand out, and the texture is crumbly and light, rather than stodgy. They can be ordered online at www.countrychoice.ie, or picked up in the shop, and the prices are €15 (€25 online to include p&p) for the small one and €26 (€36 online) for the large.

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