I made the brandy sauce for the Christmas pudding based on BBC Food’s recipe and it’s almost like a jelly in texture. I could probably cut it into shapes. You’d think the BBC would be a reliable source for a recipe like that! When my mum saw the sauce, she immediately guessed that it was the BBC recipe – “that’s the one with 55 grams of everything” – because she’s had the same experience. So it really is the recipe that’s strange, not me mis-measuring anything.

But if you can get past the odd looks, it’s rather practical. The sauce stays where you put it on the plate, and you can take precisely as much as you want.