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Jam Roly-Poly

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Jam Roly-Poly

A British steamed suet roll, filled with sweet strawberry jam and sliced into rounds, a true school dinner classic.

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

Ingredients

2 cupsself-raising flour
1 cupsuet
1/2 tspsalt
3/4 cupcold water
5 tbspstrawberry or raspberry jam
custardto serve

Instructions

1

Mix flour, suet and salt. Add enough cold water to make a soft dough.

2

Roll out to a rectangle on a floured surface.

3

Spread jam over, leaving a 2cm border. Roll up from the short end.

4

Wrap in baking paper, then foil, sealing the ends tightly.

5

Steam for 1 hour 30 minutes. Slice and serve with custard.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories
224
Protein
5.9g
Fat
0.8g
Carbs
48.5g
Fiber
1.9g
Sodium
615mg

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