Spotted Dick

Ingredients

• 1 250g — Self-raising Flour
• 1 pinch — Salt
• 1 125g — Suet
• 1 175g — Currants
• 1 80g — Caster Sugar
• 1 Zest of 1 — Lemon
• 1 Zest of 1 — Orange
• 1 150ml — Milk
• 1 to serve — Custard

Steps

1. Put the flour and salt in a bowl. Add the suet, currants, sugar, lemon and orange zest.
2. Pour in 150ml milk and mix to a firm but moist dough, adding the extra milk if necessary.
3. Shape into a fat roll about 20cm long. Place on a large rectangle of baking parchment. Wrap loosely to allow for the pudding to rise and tie the ends with string like a Christmas cracker.
4. Place a steamer over a large pan of boiling water, add the pudding to the steamer, cover and steam for 1 1/2 hours. Top up the pan with water from time to time.
5. Remove from the steamer and allow to cool slightly before unwrapping. Serve sliced with custard.

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