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Spotted dick

An English steamed pudding made with beef suet, flour and raisins, flavoured with lemon. It is served hot with custard.

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Ingredients

Ingredients

Spices & seasoning

On the side

Instructions

  1. Mix the flour, suet, sugar, baking powder, salt and cinnamon in a large bowl.
  2. Add the raisins and lemon zest.
  3. Gradually stir in the milk until you have a soft dough.
  4. Butter a 1.2 litre bowl, spoon in the dough and cover with a pleated sheet of baking paper, then foil, tied securely.
  5. Place the bowl in a pan with water halfway up the sides and steam, covered, for 1 hour 30 minutes, checking the water level.
  6. Turn out by inverting the bowl onto a plate and serve immediately with custard.

Variations and tips

Suet-free version. Replace the suet with 110 g of cold grated butter.

More ideas

Original Ecomely recipe.