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Spotted Dick




Source of Recipe


Steve Broughton


Recipe Introduction


The name of this pudding always raises a laugh in Britain but gets horrified gasps from our American friends, who blush at something that to them is shockingly explicit.
Serves 4



List of Ingredients




Self-raising flour - 75g (3 oz)
Fresh breadcrumbs - 110g (4 oz)
Shredded suet - 75g (3 oz)
Caster sugar - 50g (2 oz)
Currants - 175g (6 oz)
Lemon - 1, zest only
Milk - 5 tbsp


Recipe



Mix everything together. Shape into a neat roll about 15 cm (6 inches) long.

Make a 5 cm (2 inch) pleat across a clean tea towel or pudding cloth. Or pleat together sheets of greased greaseproof paper and strong foil. Wrap the roll loosely, to allow for expansion, in the cloth or foil, pleating the open edges tightly together. Tie the ends securely with string. Make a string handle across the top.

Lower the pudding into a large pan of boiling water, cover and boil for 1½ hours.

Lift out using the string handle. Place on a wire rack standing over a plate and allow excess moisture to drain off. Snip the string and gently roll the pudding out of the cloth or foil on to a warmed serving plate.

Serve sliced with custard.