Recipe#6417

Title: Spotted Dick

From: Ms Marie Tucker) 
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 06:54:20 +0100 (BST)
  Shared by Sylvia Mease (Cookie Lady)                                       
                                                                             
  RECIPE CLIPPED by Joan Johnson                                             
  Re-Posted by Annette Johnsen 3-08-95    

      Yield: 6 servings     
      8 oz self-raising flour
      1 pn of salt
      4 oz margarine
      2 oz castor sugar (superfine)
      4 oz to 6 oz sultanas (big 
           -raisins)
      6 tb water
  1)  Have ready a sheet of foil or a double thickness of grease proof       
  paper brushed with melted margarine. 2) Make the pudding crust: Sieve      
  the flour and the salt. Rub in the margarine. Add the sugar and            
  sultanas. Mix in the water to make a soft dough. 3) Turn out onto a        
  floured board and form into a roll. 4) Wrap loosely but securely in        
  the grease proof paper or foil. Tie or seal the ends. 5) Place in the      
  steamer and cover tightly. Steam for 1.1/2 to 2 hours. 6) Serve with       
  hot custard sauce or sprinkle with castor sugar. Variation: At stage       
  3: Put the mixture in a medium-sized (1.1/2 pint) pudding basin with       
  a round of grease proof paper in the bottom and brush all round            
  inside with melted margarine. Smooth the top. Cover with foil, or          
  double grease proof paper brushed underneath with melted margarine         
  and steam for 1.1/2 to 2 hours. Serve with hot Custard sauce or            
  sprinkle with castor sugar.