Spotted Dick

Category: 

Dessert

Area: 

British

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Ingredients

  • Self-raising Flour  -  250g
  • Salt  -  pinch
  • Suet  -  125g
  • Currants  -  175g
  • Caster Sugar  -  80g
  • Lemon  -  Zest of 1
  • Orange  -  Zest of 1
  • Milk  -  150ml
  • Custard  -  to serve

Instructions

Put the flour and salt in a bowl. Add the suet, currants, sugar, lemon and orange zest.
Pour in 150ml milk and mix to a firm but moist dough, adding the extra milk if necessary.
Shape into a fat roll about 20cm long. Place on a large rectangle of baking parchment. Wrap loosely to allow for the pudding to rise and tie the ends with string like a Christmas cracker.
Place a steamer over a large pan of boiling water, add the pudding to the steamer, cover and steam for 1 1/2 hours. Top up the pan with water from time to time.
Remove from the steamer and allow to cool slightly before unwrapping. Serve sliced with custard.