Spotted Dick

Wednesday 24th March 2010
B&B Dinner

It wasn’t the spotted bit - it was the dick bit that caused the stir. The children were so disgusted with the name they became quite hyper and I had to firmly hand them the dish towel which sobered them right up – they had been quite raucous and were disturbing the visitors romantic night out… The dishtowel did the trick, AND got the washing up done too! I have to hand this one to Gary Rhodes, thanks Gazzer, I had to drop the suet tho’, couldn’t fancy it (and I added an egg, as it was there and broken and all). I used to do a chocolate version of this (without the spots) for Cai when he was allergic to dairy & egg. It was the only vegan cake that held together, I made a turtle birthday cake once, but that’s another recipe for another day….

Spotted Dick

butter (or suet if you must), 5oz,
flour, self raising, 10oz
sugar, 3oz
egg, 1 (optional)

Mix ingredients in Magimix until fine powder is reached, add:

currants, 4oz
lemon, finely grated zest of 1
milk, 185ml approx

Pulse (do not mix as the currants will crush) until soggy blob. Line bowl with non-stick baking parchment, blob in the blob. Cover with more parchment and put lid on (saucepan lid). Steam on trivet for 1 or 2 hours – a slow simmer is OK. Serve with custard or cream. Naughty, but nice.

Amanda Nantgwynfaen