HomeThe finest Christmas PudNicole O'Neil|Staff Reporter5 April 2012The world’s most luxurious Christmas pudding has unveiled - costing £8,000! Created by London’s top chefs, the rich pud weighs more than 40lbs!Matured for 4-6 weeks, before being cooked for 18 hours the two foot wide Christmas desert is made up of the finest ingredients.No ordinary farmyard eggs were prepared to make this delicious fare. Instead, organic duck eggs, the purest unrefined sugar, authentic herbs and spices, plump sun-kissed dried fruits from California and Australia were used.Not to forget the brandy: to give the pudding that ultimate taste of luxury, it was sprinkled with drops of 100-year-old Martell Cognac, worth an estimated £20 per drop.Rick Stein, Ainsley Harriott, Antony Worrall Thompson and Anton Edelmann unveiled the pudding this morning, but 1,000 more will be on sale at Earls Court this weekend at the BBC’s Festive Good Food Show. The puddings will be sold in aid of children's charity KidsOut - a national organisation which supports children from all of backgrounds who have learning difficulties, or are physically handicapped, deprived or abused, through entertainment and days out schemes.MORE ABOUTAntony Worrall ThompsonChefsEarls CourtEggsPuddings (recipe)