Jam Roly-Poly Pudding - Northern European Recipe

Jam Roly-Poly Pudding

🌍 Northern European, British Difficulty: ●●○○○

🍳 Equipment: Pudding cloth, large pan

The legendary suet roll spread with jam, boiled in a cloth — the pudding that gave its name to "dead baby" jokes in playground lore. Mrs. Beeton's recipe can be boiled or, for a quicker option, baked in the oven.

Ingredients

• 8 ozs of flour
• 4 ozs of finely-chopped suet
• ½ teaspoonful of baking powder
• 1 saltspoonful of salt
• 2 to 3 tablespoonfuls of jam
• Cold water

Method

1. Make paste — Mix the flour, suet, baking-powder, and salt together. Add cold water gradually to form a stiff paste.
2. Roll out — Roll the paste out into a long piece about ¼ inch thick.
3. Spread jam — Spread the jam evenly over the paste, leaving a 1-inch border around the edges. Moisten the sides and far end with water.
4. Roll up — Roll up lightly from the near end, sealing the edges as you go.
5. Wrap — Wrap the pudding in a scalded pudding cloth and secure the ends with string.
6. Boil — Boil from 1½ to 2 hours. Alternatively, bake in a quick oven for half that length of time.
7. Serve — Unwrap carefully, slice thickly, and serve hot with custard or cream.

Tags: flour, suet, jam · Source: Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management (1861)