Black Bun

Name: Black Bun
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Scottish
Ingredients: 500g plain flour for pastry; 250g cold butter, cubed; cold water to bind; 500g mixed dried fruit; 100g mixed peel; 3/4 cup plain flour; 1/4 cup brown sugar; 1 tsp mixed spice; 2 tsp ground ginger; 1 tsp cinnamon; 1/2 tsp black pepper; 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 1 egg; 1/2 cup whisky or milk

A dense Scottish New Year spiced fruit loaf encased in pastry. Pricking the top of the pastry all over before baking lets steam escape evenly as it cooks, rather than the crust cracking open in one spot.

Total time

150 min

Prep

30 min

Cook

120 min

Difficulty

hard

Cuisine

Scottish

vegetarian

Ingredients

500gplain flour for pastry

250gcold butter, cubed

cold waterto bind

500gmixed dried fruit

100gmixed peel

3/4 cupplain flour

1/4 cupbrown sugar

1 tspmixed spice

2 tspground ginger

1 tspcinnamon

1/2 tspblack pepper

1 tspbicarbonate of soda

1egg

1/2 cupwhisky or milk

Instructions

Make pastry: rub butter into flour. Add water. Chill.

Mix dried fruit, peel, flour, sugar, spices, bicarb, egg and whisky.

Roll two-thirds of pastry into a rectangle. Line a loaf tin. Fill with fruit mixture.

Top with remaining pastry. Crimp and seal. Prick top all over.

Bake at 180°C for 2 hours.

Nutrition (estimated)

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

Calories

1006

Protein

8.5g

Fat

52.8g

Carbs

132g

Fiber

8.7g

Sodium

379mg

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