Spotted Dick
HB-2192 · Hand-built original · British
BritishDessertVegetarianEgg-free
Main ingredient: flour
Pairs well with: coffee, vanilla ice cream, fresh berries, whipped cream
Serving count not stated for this recipe, so quantities are shown as written.
Ingredients
- 8¾ oz self-raising flour
- 1 pinch of salt
- 4½ oz shredded suet
- 6¼ oz currants
- 2¾ oz caster sugar
- finely grated zest of 1 lemon
- finely grated zest of 1 orange
- 10 Tbsp milk, plus a little extra if needed
- custard, to serve
Method
- Sift the flour and salt into a large bowl. Stir in the suet, currants, sugar and both citrus zests until evenly mixed.
- Pour in the milk and stir with a knife to make a soft, slightly sticky dough, adding a spoonful more milk only if the mixture is dry.
- Shape the dough with floured hands into a neat roll about 7¾ in long.
- Wrap the roll loosely in a sheet of baking parchment, then in foil, twisting the ends to seal and leaving room for the pudding to expand.
- Lower the roll into a large pan of boiling water, cover and boil steadily for 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours, topping up with boiling water as needed so it stays submerged.
- Alternatively, set the wrapped roll on a trivet over boiling water in a covered steamer and steam for the same time.
- Lift out, unwrap carefully and let stand for 5 minutes. Slice thickly and serve hot with plenty of custard.
Nutrition not computed — no serving count in the source recipe (per-serving values cannot be derived without one).