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Spotted Dick

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Spotted Dick

A steamed British suet pudding studded with currants, served with warm custard. Wrapping the pudding loosely, not tightly, in its cloth or foil gives the suet room to expand as it steams.

Total time
105 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
90 min
Difficulty
medium
Cuisine
British
vegetarian

Ingredients

1 cupself-raising flour
1 cupfresh breadcrumbs
1/2 cupsuet
1/2 cupcaster sugar
1 cupcurrants
zest of 1lemon
2/3 cupwhole milk
hot custardto serve

Instructions

1

Mix flour, breadcrumbs, suet, sugar, currants and lemon zest.

2

Add milk and stir to a soft, sticky dough.

3

Pour into a greased pudding basin. Cover with foil.

4

Steam for 1 hour 30 minutes.

5

Unmould and serve immediately 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
331
Protein
7.5g
Fat
2.5g
Carbs
70.1g
Fiber
2.5g
Sodium
379mg

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