Name: Spotted Dick
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 250g Self-raising Flour; pinch Salt; 125g Suet; 175g Currants; 80g Caster Sugar; Zest of 1 Lemon; Zest of 1 Orange; 150ml Milk; to serve Custard

Dessert

8 servings

467 cal/serving

Instructions

Step 1

Combine self-raising flour and salt with suet, currants, caster sugar, lemon zest and orange zest in a bowl

Self-raising FlourSaltSuetCurrantsCaster SugarLemonOrange

Step 2

Pour in 150ml milk and mix to a firm but moist dough, adding extra milk if necessary

Milk

Step 3

Shape the dough into a fat 20cm roll, place on baking parchment, wrap loosely and tie the ends with string

Step 4

Steam the wrapped pudding over boiling water for 1.5 hours, topping up the pan with water as needed

Step 5

Remove from the steamer, cool slightly and unwrap

Step 6

Slice and serve with custard

Custard