Peggy Ramsay’s Clootie Dumpling

Fiona Ramsay helped me to get started at the Cambo café, and the recipe for this special steamed fruit pudding comes from her mother, Peggy. Serve with a generous pour of cream or a big dollop of ice cream. Here’s the recipe as Fiona sent it to me.

When we were wee, an enormous clootie dumpling would always appear on special occasions… birthdays, Christmas, New Year, big family barbecues and, sometimes, just