Spotted Dick

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 1/2 cups plain flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 2 cups fresh breadcrumbs
• 60 g sultanas
• 110 g dried currants
• 1 1/2 cups grated suet
• 2 teaspoons finely grated lemons, zest of
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• 2/3 cup milk

Recipe

• 1 sift the dry ingredients including the sugar and the ginger, into a large bowl.
• 2 add the breadcrumbs, sultanas, currants, suet and lemon rind, mixing with a wooden spoon, thoroughly.
• 3 combine the egg and the milk and add to the dry ingredients, mixing together well, adding a little more milk if necessary, then set aside for 5 minutes.
• 4 lay a sheet of baking paper on the work surface and for the pudding mixture into a roll shape, about 8 inches long.
• 5 roll the pudding in the paper and fold up the ends (do not wrap it too tight as it has to expand as it cooks).
• 6 wrap the roll in a clean tea towel, and put in the top of a bamboo steamer, placed over a work filled one third full of simmering water.
• 7 cover and allow to simmer for 1 1/2 hours, being careful not to let it boil dry (replenish the water as needed).
• 8 unmould the puddint onto a serving plate, cut into slices and serve with warm custard or cream.
• 9 note: suet can be bought at good butchers- but keep in mind that they might have to get it in specially, so order it a few days before you need it, store it in the freezer until ready to use- this makes it much easier to grate (the suet is grated so that it binds easily with the other ingredients).