How To Make A Clootie Dumpling – Recipe | Felicity Cloake's Masterclass

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Clootie dumpling is, let’s look it, a overmuch amended sanction than spotted dick, but if you were fond of nan second astatine school, you’ll astir apt bask this very similar, classical Scottish steamed pudding. Not excessively saccharine and, acknowledgment to nan pome and carrot, lighter than it sounds, this is simply a due wintertime dessert and nan cleanable extremity to a Burns supper, particularly erstwhile served pinch custard aliases ice-cream.

Prep 20 min
Cook 3 hr 15 min
Serves 8-10

110g caller suet, aliases dried suet aliases a vegetarian alternative
225g plain flour, positive other for dusting
½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp good salt
1 tsp mixed spice
1 tsp crushed ginger
¼ tsp crushed allspice
¼ tsp nutmeg
110g soft brownish sugar
75g good caller breadcrumbs
25g coarse oatmeal, aliases 25g other breadcrumbs
200g currants
100g sultanas aliases raisins – aureate ones look particularly pretty
1 ample greenish apple
1 carrot
Finely grated zest of 1 unwaxed orangish aliases lemon
1 egg, beaten
2 tbsp treacle
About 60ml milk

01a Felicity Cloake’s Clootie dumplings. A damp cloth and immoderate string.

Half-fill a ample saucepan for which you person a lid pinch water, past bring to a boil (if you person a cookware pinch handles connected nan side, truthful overmuch nan better). Soak a cleanable beverage towel (a soft one, alternatively than thing fluffy aliases towel-like) aliases cheesecloth successful water. And person fresh immoderate butcher’s string, aliases similar.

2 A statement connected nan suet

Though suet sounds heavy, its precocious pouring constituent gives nan dumpling mixed a fluffy lightness. Fresh suet (the difficult fat from astir nan kidneys, alternatively than generic beef fat) has nan champion flavour, but barren stuff, which besides comes successful vegetarian versions, will do fine. If utilizing fresh, put it successful nan freezer while you hole nan rest.

03a Felicity Cloake’s Clootie dumplings – flour and sweetener and truthful on.

3 Start nan dumpling mix

Put nan flour (if you for illustration wholemeal, you whitethorn request to usage much beverage later) successful a ample vessel pinch nan baking powder and salt. Whisk successful each nan spices (cinnamon would beryllium a bully addition, aliases you mightiness conscionable usage 2 teaspoons of mixed spice). Then, whisk successful nan sweetener (dark brownish sweetener would springiness a richer flavour, but achromatic is acceptable).

The breadcrumbs should beryllium nan fluffy and caller variety, alternatively than nan crunchy dried benignant sold successful supermarkets. To make your own, astir chop astir 200g old breadstuff (a baker will astir apt waste aliases springiness you some), and region nan crusts. Whizz nan cubes successful a nutrient processor to move them into crumbs.

5a Felicity Cloake’s Clootie dumplings. We person now added crumbs, shaved and grated fruit, and suet.

5 Add nan crumbs, oatmeal and fruit

Add nan breadcrumbs, oatmeal and dried consequence (again, you tin substitute your favourite variety) to nan barren ingredients and whisk done until evenly combined. Coarsely grate successful nan suet, if necessary, nan pome (no request to peel it) and carrot (only peel if it looks irredeemably dirty), past adhd nan grated citrus zest and operation in.

6 Mix successful nan treacle and milk

Here we operation successful nan treacle and beverage successful nan bowl.

Put nan treacle (a lightly greased spoon, aliases 1 concisely dipped successful boiling water, is useful present for measuring it out) successful a mini bowl, adhd nan ovum and hit pinch a fork (this will make it easier to administer nan sticky treacle done nan dumpling mix). Stir this into nan ample bowl. on pinch conscionable capable beverage to create a substance that drops disconnected a spoon without being runny.

7 Wrap nan mixed successful a cloth, past tie

7a, Felicity Cloake’s Clootie dumplings. The mixed is wrapped successful a cloth.

Wring retired nan soaked beverage towel well, past lightly particulate 1 broadside pinch flour. Drape nan beverage towel complete a mean bowl, past spoon nan dumpling substance into nan centre. Bring nan edges of nan towel together up and complete nan apical of nan dumpling mix, to make a small information bundle a spot for illustration a money bag, past necktie nan apical of nan bundle tightly pinch string, leaving agelong tails astatine each end.

8 Steam nan dumpling

8a Felicity Cloake’s Clootie dumplings... tying nan tails of drawstring taut astir nan handles astatine each broadside of a pot

Put a heatproof saucer aliases power diffuser successful nan guidelines of nan cookware of boiling water, past little successful nan pudding parcel – nan h2o should travel astir halfway up its sides. Tie nan tails of drawstring taut astir nan handles astatine each broadside of nan cookware (or astir nan lid), truthful it doesn’t extremity over, past screen nan cookware and time off to navigator astatine a rolling simmer for 3 hours, topping up nan h2o arsenic required.

9 Finishing touches

9b Felicity Cloake’s Clootie dumplings. What happens erstwhile we person put nan dumpling successful nan oven for 15 minutes. The dumpling is ample and information for illustration an immense cookie.

Carefully assistance retired nan dumpling, past unwrap connected to a serving crockery aliases tray. For nan afloat clootie dumpling experience, time off it to cool somewhat while you power nan oven to 200C (180C fan)/390F/gas 6, past put nan dumpling successful nan oven for 15 minutes, truthful it develops an elastic skin. Serve pinch custard, pick aliases ice-cream. It’s besides delicious sliced and fried successful food nan adjacent day.