Scottish Cooking, Clootie Dumpling

On your tour of scotland you might find some very good examples of this great Scottish Food!

Sift flour and spice together and mix with sugar, breadcrumbs and dried fruit.
Then add the suet.
Dissolve the treacle in the milk and add this to the flour mixture.
Mix to a dough.
Scald a pudding cloth, dust with flour and turn mixture out onto cloth.
Tie securely, leaving room for the pudding to swell.
Place an upturned plate in a large pot with sufficient water to half cover the pudding.
Allow the water to boil then place the pudding in the pan.
Cover and boil gently for three and a half hours.
The pudding must boil continuously. Top up frequently with boiling water.
Remove from pan, unwrap cloth gently and dry off pudding in a warm oven for 20 minutes.

Scottish Food