Spotted Dick Steamed Pudding

Name: Spotted Dick Steamed Pudding
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups plain flour; 1/2 cup suet; 1/2 cup caster sugar; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 cup currants; zest of 1 lemon; 2 tbsp golden syrup; 3/4 cup whole milk; custard to serve

A traditional British currant suet pudding, steamed until tender. Covering the basin tightly, with room for the pudding to expand, stops it turning dense or waterlogged during the long steam.

Total time

105 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

90 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

British

vegetarian

Ingredients

1 1/2 cupsplain flour

1/2 cupsuet

1/2 cupcaster sugar

1 tspbaking powder

1 cupcurrants

zest of 1lemon

2 tbspgolden syrup

3/4 cupwhole milk

custardto serve

Instructions

Mix flour, suet, sugar, baking powder, currants and lemon zest.

Add golden syrup and milk. Mix to a soft dough.

Pour into a buttered pudding basin. Cover tightly with foil.

Steam for 1.5 hours.

Unmould and serve with hot custard.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

332

Protein

6.5g

Fat

Carbs

73g

Fiber

1.7g

Sodium

143mg

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