I am for sure going to make this Spotted dick, British steamed pudding, come Christmas time this year, as I can almost taste this delicious treat!
Spotted dick is a traditional British steamed pudding, historically made with suet and dried fruit and often served with custard. Non-traditional variants include recipes that replace suet with other fats, or that include eggs to make something similar to a sponge pudding or cake
Ingredients
- 250g self-raising
- 125g suet (shredded)
- 80g castor sugar
- 180g currants
- 1 lemon zest finely grated
- Pinch salt
- 150ml milk
Instructions
- Put all ingredients into a bowl except the milk.
- Mix lightly with a fork and gradually add the milk until the mixture comes together in a nice moist dough.
- Put the dough into a pre-greased bowl and seal it with two layers of grease-proof paper and secure it with string ready to steam.
- Place the bowl in the steamer and add boiling water halfway up the bowl and bring to a boil.
- I use a stock pot with mason jar lids at the bottom to keep the bowl off the base.
- Once boiling, turn down the heat and place a lid on the steamer, and steam for 90 minutes.
- Check it’s cooked by popping a cocktail stick in the center, if it comes out clean it’s done.
- Leave for 10 minutes before turning it onto a plate to serve with custard.
Yummy
Notes
Prepared, tried, and tested by Monica of The Recipe Hunter: Tried and Tested Recipes from Home Chefs.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 288
- Sugar: 21.6 g
- Sodium: 540 mg
- Fat: 12.1 g
- Carbohydrates: 42.3 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 8.8 mg
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What is vegetable suet?
Hello Carrie, thanks for popping in. To answer your question: Vegetable suet is a plant-based substitute for traditional suet that’s made from vegetable fats and flours. It’s a versatile ingredient that can be used in sweet and savory dishes.
An example of Vegetable suet: Atora Vegetable suet mirrors the versatility and flavor of traditional suet while being entirely plant-based. Crafted from vegetable fats, it caters to vegetarians without compromising on taste or texture. Perfectly suitable for any recipe requiring suet, it’s a delicious and ethical choice for all your culinary creations.
What size pudding basin did you use for the 1x recipe?
Hi Debbie, Sorry I am unable to answer that question as I received it from a member of one of my previous groups, so will not be able to check with her, as this group has been archived. Hopefully, once you made the pudding dough, you should be able to work it out. By looking at it, I do not think it will matter. Depending on high high you want it or diameter, I would say any size will work
My Mum used to make spotted dick when I was a child , I am now 84 so it was long time ago. I was born in England but have now lived in Australia for 55years. Must see if I can try this recipe sometime to bring back memories
I truly hope that this will be as you remember it and enjoy it. Please let me know how it turned out for you. Above all enjoy it.
Interesting.
I’d never heard of this before. I also enjoy lear I g about new things.
Thanks for sharing this recipe at the Sunday Sunshine Blog Hop 62!
Laurie
HI Laurie. Thank you for dropping by and yes this British Steamed Pudding Spotted Dick is not very well known, but hope you will be able to give it a go and try it out, but above all enjoy it.
I had no idea what spotted dick was. I thought it was some meat and egg thing. #THeRandom
Yes, never too old to learn new stuff. I have heard of it before but this being the first recipe and I love it.