spotted dick
British fruit pudding
Spotted dick is a traditional British steamed pudding made with suet and studded with dried currants or raisins—the "spots" in its name.
It is typically served warm with custard as a dessert.
The name has made it the subject of schoolboy snickering for generations, though it remains a staple of British comfort food and occasionally appears on pub menus.
We finished the meal with spotted dick and custard.
Steamed fat-based dessert
- currantsSmall seedless dried grapes
- raisinsDried grape snack
- steamedHeated by vapor
- custardCooked egg-milk mixture
sponge · sweet · syrup · treacle · flour · batter · pudding basin · mould
Hard animal fat
- currantsSmall seedless dried grapes
- steamedHeated by vapor
- custardCooked egg-milk mixture
- puddingCreamy thickened sweet dish
England · United Kingdom · Victorian · school dinners · comfort food · Heinz · tinned · wartime
Marked with small points
- speckledDotted with small marks
- dappledMarked with spots
- currantsSmall seedless dried grapes
- raisinsDried grape snack
dried fruit · studded · flecked · pockmarked
suet pudding
Steamed fat-based dessert
custard · sponge · sweet · syrup · treacle · flour · batter · pudding basin · mould · baking
suet
Hard animal fat
pudding · England · United Kingdom · Victorian · school dinners · comfort food · Heinz · tinned · wartime · rationing
dotted
Marked with small points
raisins · dried fruit · studded · flecked · pockmarked
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