spotted dick

Made from suet pastry, dried currants and raisins, spotted dick first appeared in 1849. Serve this pudding with lashings of hot custard. Does anyone remember having this for a pudding on sunday.

Ingredients

250g self-raising flour

pinch of salt

125g shredded suet

180g currant

80g caster sugar

finely grated zest 1 lemon

finely grated zest 1 sml orange

150ml whole milk,

plus custard, to serve

• Method Put the flour and salt in a bowl. Add the suet, currants, sugar, lemon and orange zest.

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

• Shape into a fat roll about 20cm long. Place on a large rectangle of baking parchment. Wrap loosely to allow for the pudding to rise and tie the ends with string like a Christmas cracker.

• Place a steamer over a large pan of boiling water, add the pudding to the steamer, cover and steam for 1 1/2 hours.

• Top up the pan with water from time to time. Remove from the steamer and allow to cool slightly before unwrapping. Serve sliced with custard