What is that, pray tell? Can one prepare it at home and is it especially a holiday treat?
2007-12-05 10:53:19 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Lots of info in the other posts - suet pudding; steamed or boiled in a cloth; currents only. That's the English one. Soda bread with currants is the Irish one.
The popular assumption around the origin of the name is the shape that was formed in the cloth. Other suet puddings were usually round formed by drawing the four corners of the cloth together, securing in a knot then hanging over a pot to steam. This pudding was rolled in the cloth with ends tied to form a long cylinder shape and boiled. If the currants are all the way through it is spotted dick if only on the outside it is spotted dog.
Both names could be a corruption of the word dough, however the pudding was first known in the mid 1800s around the same time that the word dick became slang for penis.
Edit: Oh yes I forgot, plum duff and figgy pudding etc are all completely different in that the shape and formation of the puddings is different. Plum duff and figgy pudding are the round kind of steamed suet pudding. Plum is the old name for all dried vine fruit, both puddings origins are much much older than spotted dick. They are rich and dark and very close to the Christmas pudding we know today in the UK
2007-12-05 16:49:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is sponge pudding with currants in it which you steam in a pudding basin for hours on end.
No it is not really a holiday treat but it is a warm and filling pudding served with homemade custard and goes down a treat after a traditional sunday roast.
I'm sorry that I do not have a recipe but if you type in steam sponge pudding...spotted dick you will find a recipe I'm sure.
Yummy!
I hate to be a pain but the traiditional spotted dick is made with currants not any other dried fruit such as raisins.... just with currants only.
2007-12-05 11:00:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Spotted dick is a steamed pudding, containing dried fruits, usually currants. The dessert originates in and continues to be popular in the United Kingdom, expecially Scotland, where it is assumed it was originally created. Usually served either with custard or with butter and brown sugar. Spotted refers to the raisins (which resemble spots) and Dick may be a contraction/corruption of the word pudding (from the last syllable) or possibly a corruption of the word dough.[1] It is also known as spotted dog, plum duff, steamed dicky, dicky pudding, figgy dowdy, as well as plum bolster, and Spotted Richard.
2007-12-05 11:03:13 · answer #3 · answered by princessdisaster76 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
It's a steamed pudding with currants and raisins in it.
You should try 'Dead man's leg', which is what we called a baked jam roll. Both served with custard, but don't make your own custard, you have to buy Bird's Eye Custard, which comes in powder form. For best results forget to stir it after you've added the milk - that's how you get the authentic lumps.
2007-12-05 22:00:53 · answer #4 · answered by cymry3jones 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Steamed suet pudding with currants that you serve with custard.
It takes hours to cook (steamed in a pudding basin) - so nowadays one would probably buy it from a shop and microwave it. It's a traditional English pudding and we used to get it at school. Other favourite traditional puddings were treacle pudding and jam roly poly (both steamed suet puddings) also served with custard.
2007-12-05 19:37:29 · answer #5 · answered by bec 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a great English Pudding. On a par with Plum Duff!
2007-12-05 11:00:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ha ha ha. Yes! I love it! I saw it, too, and, even though I'm straight, I couldn't resist buying it and trying it. It's a cakey pudding dish from England. I liked it. Totally different from anything I've tasted. I bought some more JUST to be able to say, "Well, I'm glad you enjoyed dinner. Now, would you like some spotted dick?" It always gets a laugh!!
2007-12-05 11:02:31 · answer #7 · answered by Sarrafzedehkhoee 7 · 7⤊ 1⤋
Spotted dick is a suet pudding with raisins and currants inside, beautiful with custard.
Sure you could find the recipe on any cookery site.
2007-12-05 10:59:11 · answer #8 · answered by firebobby 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
It's a steamed pudding with raisins or currants.
If you can imagine a dumpling of the sort that is served as part of chicken and dumplings, only sweeter and with raisins....
Not terribly tough to make, I should think.
2007-12-05 11:02:32 · answer #9 · answered by Laramie 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
it`s a traditional pudding ,originally the mix was placed in a muslin cloth and steamed
2007-12-05 11:19:22 · answer #10 · answered by HaSiCiT Bust A Tie A1 TieBusters 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋