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Clootie Dumpling Recipe- Scottish Suet PuddingClootie refers to the cloth that this fruit pudding is traditionally made in. Delicious served hot with jam and/or cream or custard. Leftovers can be fried in a wee bit of butter to re-heat. It can be made using bowls: |
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Ingredients For Clootie Dumpling:125g suet 250g plain flour 125g oatmeal 250g mixed sultanas and currants 1 tablespoon of golden syrup 75g sugar 2 lightly beaten eggs 1 teaspoon of ginger 1 teaspoon of baking powder 1 teaspoon of cinnamon 4 tablespoons of milk 1 tablespoon of flour for the cloth The book A Cook's Tour of Scotland 
by Sue Lawrence spells her Clootie Dumpling recipe as Cloutie Dumpling and has a tasty looking Cloutie Dumpling Ice Cream recipe.
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Cooking Directions For Clootie Dumpling:1. Rub the suet into the flour and add oatmeal, baking powder, sugar, sultanas and currants and the ginger and cinnamon. Blend together and add the eggs and syrup. Stir well and add just enough milk to firm. 2. If you are using a cloth (cloot), put it into boiling water first then spread onto your table and sprinkle a liberal amount of flour over the inside. Put the mixture into the middle and tie up, leaving a wee bit of space for the mixture to expand. The book Nick Nairn's New Scottish Cookery  suggests using an old pillowcase or a square of muslin as an alternative for the cloot.
3. Place an upside-down saucer at the bottom of a deep pan and put the tied cloot in and cover with boiling water and simmer for about 3 hours. 4. If you'd rather use a bowl it will need to be greased before adding the mixture. Leave an inch space at the top for the pudding to expand. Cover with greaseproof paper and tie. 
I am often asked how long will Clootie Dumpling keep for and stored? Clootie Dumpling never lasts long in our household because we love Clootiedumpling and eat it quickly. However many chefs and bakers recommend no longer than two months depending on the conditions the Clootie Dumpling is kept. Maw Broon's Clootie DumplingThe Book Maw Broon's Cookbook has a Clootie Dumpling recipe much like the scottishrecipes.co.uk Clootie Dumpling recipe though it uses self raising flour instead of plain flour and additional ingredients such as bread crumbs, a grated apple, brown sugar and nutmeg. Maw calls it the Daddy of all the puddings. Next to the Maw Broon's Clootie Dumpling recipe is a Broons cartoon strip about Clootie Dumpling where the bairn substitutes Grandpa's laundry bag for the cloot! Buy Maw Broon's Cookbook at a discounted price and with free delivery available.
Clootie DumplingClootie Dumplings are traditional rich fruit puddings which are cooked in a cloth called a cloot. It was traditionally made for special occasions like a birthday, Hogmanay or at Christmas time when trinkets, coins and lucky gifts were dropped into the mixture, wrapped in greaseproof paper. However it is now readily available and enjoyed throughout Scotland and some parts of the world by ex pats at any time of the year. It is particularly enjoyable in the winter months when it can warm many a cold belly! It is especially filling on New Year Day to soak up excess alcohol! Clootie Dumpling is best served hot with cream, ice-cream or custard and left overs can be fried the next day and served with bacon and beans. 
It can also be eaten cold, spread with butter or margarine and jam, much like a tea cake. The cloth used to cook a clootie dumpling is often called a cloot or a clout. It is sometimes called Cloutie Dumpling. Many Scottish shops sell Clootie dumplings that can be cooked in the microwave in several minutes rather than several minutes on the boil or steamed. It is possible to buy a ball shaped metal clootie dumpling steamer which make it easier to cook a clootie dumpling so that it retains the rounded shape. These are getting harder to find though and tend to be available second hand or handed down by relatives. If I can source a shop that sells clootie dumpling steamers I shall put the link here. I shall also try and find an electric clootie dumpling steamer. Play our fun, free Whack The Haggis game at our other website www.aboutaberdeen.com Scottish Cook Books 
Clootie WellIn Munlochy in the Black Isles and at Culloden Moor in the Highlands of Scotland there are Clootie Wells where people hang or tie rags that have washed a diseased, ill or disabled part of a body. Superstition has it that when the rags or cloths dry the body part will heal. Other customs say that you should hang a rag at the Cottie Well on May Day to ward off evil spirits. Some people believe that if you look into the water of Clootie Well you will either see your own reflection, your face as it will appear on your death or the face of your life love. Are you brave enough to try… Scottish Clootie DumplingAberdeen lass won an opportunity to meet the singer and actor Justin Timberlake in 2002 thanks to her Gran's Scottish Clootie Dumpling recipe. On the Tonight with Johnny Vaughan show Justin Timberlake judged a food competition and he loved the Scottish Clootie Dumpling cooked by the Gran of Leigh Mathieson. She is such a fan of Justin Timberlake that she went on to win another two TV competitions to meet her favourite celebrity. He still remembered enjoying her grandmothers Clootie Dumpling. Other types of Clootie Dumplings that have been made over the years include a Clootie Dumpling Christmas cake, a Clootie Dumpling Wedding Cake and various flavours of Clootie Dumpling such as rum, walnut and almond. At many craft fairs around Scotland you can buy whole or individual slices of Clootie Dumpling. Many Scottish supermarkets like Tesco and Morrisons sell individual portions of Clootie Dumplings which are usually found by the sausages, haggis and fruit slices. A Scottishrecipes.co.uk visitor needs some help. Her mother has always made cloutie dumplings for birthdays and special celebrations but needs a new cloutie cloth. She had been using old flour bags which were bleached and then boiled. Now she has asked her daughter to find a new clout. Can anyone give her any advice on what type of fabric to use or where she may purchase the right type of cloutie cloth so that their family tradition can continue. |
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