Clootie Dumpling
6 oz Plain flour 3 oz Shredded suet (usually -available at your butcher) 3 oz Currants (dark raisins) 1 oz Sultanas (white raisins) 2 oz To 3 oz castor sugar 1 ts Ground cinnamon
Ingredients
- 6ozplain flour
- 3ozshredded suet (usually
- 1ozsultanas (white raisins)
- 2ozto 3 oz castor sugar
- 1tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2tsp baking soda
- 3/4cup buttermilk or sour milk
Directions
- 1
6 oz Plain flour 3 oz Shredded suet (usually -available at your butcher) 3 oz Currants (dark raisins) 1 oz Sultanas (white raisins) 2 oz To
- 2
Stir in enough milk to make a soft batter
- 3
Dip a pudding cloth (cheesecloth) into boiling water, sink it in a basin large enough to hold the batter
- 4
Dredge it lightly with flour and spoon in the batter
- 5
Draw the fullness of the cloth together evenly, then tie it tightly with string, but leave enough room for the dumpling to swell
- 6
Place a saucer or plate in the bottom of a large saucepan
- 7
Lift the dumpling into the pan
- 8
Pour in enough boiling water to cover