How to make a clootie dumpling – recipe
Your famous Scottish suet pud, not unlike spotted dick – wonderful for Burns Night and beyond, with a spot of ice-cream or fried up in butter the next day
TL;DR
- Clootie dumpling is a classic Scottish steamed pudding, similar to spotted dick.
- It's a suitable winter dessert and a traditional end to a Burns supper.
- The recipe requires fresh or dried suet, flour, spices, sugar, breadcrumbs, oatmeal, dried fruit, grated apple and carrot, orange or lemon zest, egg, treacle, and milk.
- The mixture is wrapped in a soaked, floured tea towel or cheesecloth and tied with string.
- The dumpling is steamed in boiling water for three hours, with water topped up as needed.
- After steaming, it is unwrapped and can be baked for 15 minutes to develop a crisp skin.
- It is best served warm with custard, cream, or ice-cream, and can also be fried in butter the next day.