Traditional Scottish Clootie Dumpling

As part of our mission to bring you all the things we love about Scottish food here is our favourite recipe for traditional Clootie Dumpling. What is that? well its rich fruit pudding which was traditionally made in a cloth called a “cloot” or “clout”  the pudding is boiled inside the cloth and best served hot with lashings of custard , cream or ice cream.

If you don’t have time to make your own clootie dumpling then you can buy one ready to boil or microwave in our scottish sweets and cakes section.

The Recipe

What you need

300g plain flour
150g Beef Suet
200g currants
100g sultanas
150g sugar
grated rind of 1 orange
1 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon salt
milk to mix

Start of by sifting the flour, baking powder and spices all together, Add in all the other dry ingredients to the mixture and mix well together.

Add just enough of the milk to make a stiff dough.

Dip the pudding cloth into boiling water then drain it and dust with flour. Put the dough mixture into the center of the cloth and tie up leaving room for the pudding to expand. simmer the pudding for 4 hours.

Turn the pudding out from the cloth onto a hot plate

…. Clootie Dumpling .. Done!