Spotted Dick

Total Time: 3 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• 4 ounces plain flour
• 4 ounces suet
• water, to mix
• 4 ounces raisins or 4 ounces sultanas

Recipe

• 1 mix the flour, currants and grated suet (it should have the general consistency of mouse droppings) very lightly by hand.
• 2 moisten with a couple of tablespoons of cold water, enough to give a dryish pastry texture.
• 3 do not rub, only stir enough to bind the ingredients together.
• 4 the mixture can be put into a buttered basin and covered with first a layer of foil, then a cloth (tied on with string), but the usual way is to make a thick roll shape, and wrap it in buttered greaseproof (waxed?) paper, and tie into a cloth.
• 5 boil in a lot of water for two to three hours on top of the stove, or all day if using a crock pot.
• 6 to serve, slice it into 1" thick chunks while still hot.
• 7 some people serve it with egg custard, but others consider serving spotted dick with moist brown sugar and a large spoonful of salted butter a must.
• 8 use both if you like.