Copy of Spotted Dick recipe, which disappeared since the time I found it

[azurelunatic]

Make Your Own Spotted Dick

The following recipe is a traditional one for making this great pudding and will serve four normal people, two greedy ones or one pig.

Recipe for Spotted Dick 2 oz white breadcrumbs
2 oz self raising flour
4 oz shredded suet
8 oz prepared stoned raisins
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 grated nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/8 teaspoon mace
1 oz whole candidied peel, finely chopped
grated zest of one orange
3 eggs
3 tablespoons brandy

Mix the breadcrumbs with the suet and flour in a large bowl. Add the raisins making sure that none are stuck together. When these ingredients are well mixed, add the salt, nutmeg, ginger, mace, candidied peel and orange zest, mixing thoroughly.

In a small basin beat the eggs well and add them with the brandy to the mixture, stirring for at least five minutes to amalgamate the contents thoroughly. Pack the pudding basin with the mixture, cover with greas-proof paper and foil and tie down with a string. Steam for four hours, making sure that the saucepan doesn't boil dry. Serve with lashings of hot custard.

Comments

[shadowmorphic.livejournal.com]

So, i read the first line,... immediate mental picture i got was dyeing a dick using manic panic... that hurt.. ;)

[azurelunatic]

Scary.

(I think that's about the impression my best friend got from the name of the dish. Poor guy.)

[shadowmorphic.livejournal.com]

*laughs* the girls in my house have been dyeing their hair a lot, hence the visual

[azurelunatic]

Mmm, hairdye. What colors?

I prefer blue, myself.

[shadowmorphic.livejournal.com]

my favorite is between deep purple and violet...

my sister love bright fushia, but has also done green and red...

my gf gennerally does dark red...

i just do my tips thou, this way i can tie them up and look half way ok durring work meetings...

blue is nice :)... one of these days i want to have some green also