I bought a black pudding over the Christmas period on a whim (one of those - oooh, long time since I had that) - thank goodness it has a long shelf life but that expiry date is fast approaching and it is still sitting in the fridge ...
My only experience of black pudding is a cooked breakfast (bacon, fried egg, fried mushrooms, grilled tomato and fried black pudding slices) but I was hoping to use it in a different meal. Online searches come up with some weird and wonderful recipes but always an ingredient which needs to be sought out rather than what is in the kitchen cupboard already.
Meanwhile, I found the Bury Black Pudding site (the brand of black pudding sitting in my fridge) and they have a lot of suggestions. I get the impression that it goes well with mashed potato, mustard, apple, cabbage, in various sausage rolls or with pork, meatballs and eggs (poached or fried, or Scotch eggs), with porridge oats, lentils, warm salad and so on. A bit more versatile than expected. I'm still looking for simple - maybe something like pan fried with colcannon with apple and mustard ...