Traditional Clootie Dumpling

[knight1]

Recipe to follow

 

1 lb Self Raising Flour

4 oz Fresh Bread Crumbs

4 oz Sugar

4 oz Shredded Suet

Half tsp Salt

1 tsp Mixed Spice

1 Apple Grated

8 oz Currants

12 oz Raisins

Half Pint Milk

1 tbsp Treacle

 

Mix Flour, Breadcrumbs, Sugar, Shredded Suet, Salt and Mixed Spice, Add Grated Apple, Currants and Raisins, Mix Well Stir in Milk and Treacle until well blended. Scald Cloth in boiling water, Dust with Flour , Place mixture on cloth ( 100 per cent muslin cloth ) Tie securely leaving room to swell. Have ready a large saucepan of boiling water. place a plate on the bottom of the pan and put the clootie on it Boil for 3 to 4 hours Never allow the water to fall below half the depth of the clootie. Have a kettle or pot of boiling water handy to top up the clootie pot do this approx every hour. when clootie is ready, remove cloth and plate from pan then gently cut string at top and peel back to level with plate then place a plate on top and flip over so cloth can be removed completely then reright the clootie to its origonal position and place in oven to gently dry out it then can be served with custard or cream

 

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[TV_Tech]

wow, that looks toooo good and sounds scrumptious thanks for posting it Knight Let's hope that recipe is around for another 400 years (yn)

[Nan]

Thanks for that one knight1, it sounds a bit like a fruit pudding (christmas pudding) and it also sounds delicious and something my grandmother used to make I shall give it a try

[gh`]

Yummmmmmy!! I think custard would be the perfect mate for this.

 

Thank you for posting, knight1