Spotted Dog

Name: Spotted Dog
Ingredients: 4 cups flour; 1/4 cup sugar; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 2 eggs, lightly beaten; 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 1 3/4 cups dried currants; 1/2 pound suet, finely grated; 1 cup milk

9 ingredients

8 steps

Ingredients

4 cups flour
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 3/4 cups dried currants
1/2 pound suet, finely grated
1 cup milk

Directions

1

In a large bowl, mix the flour, sugar, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.
2

Stir in the currants, breaking them apart (the flour will coat them and keep them from clumping together).
3

Mix in the suet.
4

Add the milk and eggs, and work the mixture thoroughly with your hands.
5

Scrape the batter into a greased six-cup pudding-basin.
6

Tie a well-floured cloth over the pudding.
7

Put the pudding in a pot of boiling water, cover, and steam for two hours.
8

Unmold and serve hot, accompanied by custard sauce.