Spotted Dick Pudding
8 servings
120 minutes
One of the best English puddings, "Spotted Dick". The name can be translated quite freely and indecently, but in fact it is simply a spotted pudding. The spots are from the berries, and the word "dick" was used to call puddings in the 19th century.
1
Prepare the necessary ingredients.
2
Soak dried fruits in water, bring to a boil over heat, then remove. Let cool for 15 minutes, then drain the water.
- Light raisins: 100 g
- Dark raisins: 100 g
- Dried cranberries: 100 g
3
Sift the flour.
- Wheat flour: 300 g
4
Rub the butter into the flour with your hands until the dough resembles sand.
- Butter: 150 g
- Wheat flour: 300 g
5
Add sugar and dried fruits and mix, gradually pouring in milk to combine the dough.
- Sugar: 75 g
- Light raisins: 100 g
- Dark raisins: 100 g
- Dried cranberries: 100 g
- Milk: 180 ml
6
Grease the molds with butter and place the dough in them.
- Butter: 150 g
7
Cover the pudding with paper, greased side down.
8
Then cover with foil and wrap each mold with string to create a handle for convenience.
9
Place an inverted plate or something similar in a large pot. Put the molds with dough on top and pour in hot water until the water level reaches the middle of the molds. Cover with a lid, place on the heat, and cook for about an hour.
10
Remove the molds from the pot and let them cool. Serve.
11
Then take out the pudding and serve.