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Spotted Dick Steamed Pudding

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Spotted Dick Steamed Pudding

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

1

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

2

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

3

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

4

Steam for 1.5 hours.

5

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
2g
Carbs
73g
Fiber
1.7g
Sodium
143mg

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