Ingredients
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300g Plain Flour
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2 tsp Baking Powder
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150g Shredded Suet
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75g Golden caster sugar
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110g Currants
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Zest Only Lemon
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200ml Milk
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For Greasing Butter
Directions
Recreate the best of nursery puddings from school dinner days with this traditional steamed pudding.
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For the spotted dick, place the flour, baking powder, shredded suet, caster sugar, currants and lemon zest into a bowl and mix to combine. |
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Add the milk and stir to make a soft dough. |
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Grease a pudding basin with butter and spoon the mixture into the basin. Cover with a piece of folded greaseproof paper. |
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Tie around the edge with string to secure the paper and place a damp tea towel over the top. Tie once more with string to secure the tea towel. |
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Place the basin into a large lidded saucepan and fill the pan two-thirds of the way up with water. |
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Cover with the lid, bring to a boil and simmer for one hour. |
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For the custard, place the milk and cream into a saucepan and bring to a simmer. |
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Place the egg yolks and sugar into a bowl and whisk together until light and frothy. |
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Pour the hot milk onto the eggs, a little at a time, and stir well. Pour the mixture back into the pan and cook over a low heat, stirring with a wooden spatula, until just thickened. |
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To serve, slice a wedge of spotted dick for each person and place onto each of six plates. Pour over the custard and serve at once. |
