Fanny Cradock Cooks for Christmas

Today Fanny gives advice on choosing the festive bird that suits you best and demonstrates how to stuff, cook and carve it.

Fanny shares her recipe for Christmas pudding and the method for making the old-fashioned 'round pudding'.

Fanny Cradock gives you two recipes to choose from: the traditional black plum cake and a new 'white' Christmas cake.

Practical know-how to make Christmas cookery easier for the layman. Fanny has unusual recipes for pies, pancakes, omelettes and Swiss rolls using mincemeat.

Today's show contains Fanny's recipe for choux pastry with advice on making miniature eclairs, choux buns and glacé icing.