Clootie Dumpling

Serves:	6
Recipe Type:	Veg.
Preparation Time:	25 M
Cooking Time:	120 M
Difficulty:	Difficult

Ingredients:

• 10 oz Plain Flour
• 5 oz Suet
• 6 oz Dark Brown Sugar
• 1/2 tsp Bicarbonate Of Soda
• 1 tsp Cream Of Tartar
• 8 oz Sultanas
• 1/2 Pint Of Milk (Approximately)
• 6 oz Currants
• 1 tsp Cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp Ground Ginger
• 1/2 tsp Mixed Spice
• 1/4 tsp Salt
• Pepper (to taste)
• Square of Muslin Cloth (thin)

Cooking Instructions:

• Take a large bowl and mix all the ingredients in it, along with milk (except muslin cloth).
• Mix well, until it becomes soft.
• Now, take the muslin cloth and steep it in the boiling water.
• Allow it to cool and then wring out water from it.
• Spread the cloth on the kitchen table and liberally sprinkle flour on the inside.
• Now, take a large bowl and spread cloth over it.
• Pour the flour-mixture on the cloth and evenly tie the four corners together, with a string. Make sure to leave some space for the mixture to expand.
• Put this dumpling on the plate, places over a pan, which has been filled with boiling water.
• Keep the pan on simmer flame for two approximately hours. Don't let the pan dry and keep on adding water to it.
• When the dumpling gets cooked, carefully turn it out, on a hot ashet.
• Serve with custard sauce.