Spotted Dick

Ingredients

• 250 gself-rising flour
• salt
• 125 gsuet, shredded beef or vegetarian suet
• 175 gcurrants
• 80 gcaster sugar, superfine sugar
• 1lemon, zest only
• 1orange, zest only
• 150 mlmilk, plus a little extra if needed
• custard, to serve

Method

1. 1

   Put the flour and salt in a bowl. Add the suet, currants, sugar, lemon zest and orange zest and stir to combine.

2. 2

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

3. 3

   Shape the dough into a fat roll about 20cm long. Place on a large rectangle of baking parchment, wrap loosely to allow for rising, and tie the ends with string like a Christmas cracker.

4. 4

   Place a steamer over a large pan of boiling water. Add the pudding to the steamer, cover and steam for 1.5 hours. Top up the pan with boiling water from time to time.

5. 5

   Remove from the steamer and allow to cool slightly before unwrapping. Serve sliced with warm custard.