Roly-poly Pudding
Ingredients
Directions
Make the paste
In a bowl, mix the flour, salt, and baking powder.
Finely chop the suet and mix it with the flour.
Add water to form a light, firm paste.
On a floured surface, roll the paste into a long, thin rectangle.
Fill and wrap
Spread the jam over the paste, leaving space at the edges.
Wet the edges, roll up the paste, and press the ends together.
Flour the pudding and place it seam-side down in a dry pudding cloth.
Roll the cloth around the pudding and tie each end with string.
Boil and serve
Boil in a saucepan of water for 1½ hours, ensuring it is well covered.
Once done, remove from water, let it steam, then turn onto a hot dish and serve.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Flour
- Forms the bulk of the paste that holds the pudding together.
- Suet
- Adds fat that keeps the crumb tender and rich during boiling.
- Baking powder
- Releases gas in the paste to lighten its texture as it cooks.
- Jam
- Provides sweetness and fruity flavour spread through the rolled pastry.
The step that matters
Keeping the pudding well covered in water while boiling. If the pudding is not fully submerged, the exposed paste dries and cooks unevenly. Keeping it covered and the water steadily boiling gives even heat and a moist, cohesive result.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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