---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.x    [from The Grocery Consumer]
 
       Title: Spotted Dick                                                
  Categories: desserts, english
       Yield: 6 servings     
 
       8 oz self-raising flour
       1 pn of salt
       4 oz margarine
       2 oz castor sugar (superfine)
       4 oz to 6 oz sultanas (big 
            -raisins)
       6 tb water
 
   1)  Have ready a sheet of foil or a double thickness of grease proof       
   paper brushed with melted margarine. 2) Make the pudding crust: Sieve      
   the flour and the salt. Rub in the margarine. Add the sugar and            
   sultanas. Mix in the water to make a soft dough. 3) Turn out onto a        
   floured board and form into a roll. 4) Wrap loosely but securely in        
   the grease proof paper or foil. Tie or seal the ends. 5) Place in the      
   steamer and cover tightly. Steam for 1.1/2 to 2 hours. 6) Serve with       
   hot custard sauce or sprinkle with castor sugar. Variation: At stage       
   3: Put the mixture in a medium-sized (1.1/2 pint) pudding basin with       
   a round of grease proof paper in the bottom and brush all round            
   inside with melted margarine. Smooth the top. Cover with foil, or          
   double grease proof paper brushed underneath with melted margarine         
   and steam for 1.1/2 to 2 hours. Serve with hot Custard sauce or            
   sprinkle with castor sugar.                                                
                                                                              
   Shared by Sylvia Mease (Cookie Lady)                                       
                                                                              
   RECIPE CLIPPED by Joan Johnson                                             
   Re-Posted by Annette Johnsen 3-08-95                                       
                                                                              
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