Clootie Dumpling

Late Twentieth Century

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
A Year in a Scots Kitchen

By Catherine Brown

Published 1996

  • About

There is a sustaining warmth and weightiness in a suet dumpling which comes from the unique combination of spices and suet.

Butter makes a lighter, more fragile dumpling, which may split as it dries out in the oven.

Ingredients

  • 125 g (4oz) self-raising flour
  • 175 g (6

Method

Preparing the pot and cloth

Fill a large pot with water, place a metal grid or upside-down saucer in the base. Bring to the boil and put in cloth for a few minutes. Lift out with tongs and spread out on table. Sprinkle with plain flour, shake off excess.

Making the mixture

Put all the in