spotted dick

A steamed pudding made from a sweetened, egg-enriched suet pastry mix with dried vine fruits and a raising agent cooked in a pudding basin or cloth for several hours and served with cream or English custard. An alternative uses fresh breadcrumbs, self-raising flour, shredded suet, caster sugar and currants in the proportions 4:3:3:2:6, flavoured with grated lemon zest and brought together with milk.