Recipes · British · Puddings

Spotted Dick

One serving has 386 kcal and 6 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of thiamin (33%), selenium (27%), phosphorus (26%), riboflavin (25%) and niacin (20%). Ready in 115 minutes.

Spotted Dick
Photo: Tracy, CC BY 2.0 · source
  • Preparation: 10 min
  • Cooking: 105 min
  • Makes: 1 serving (111 g)
  • Difficulty: Medium
  • Contains: beef, dairy, gluten

Ingredients

  • 40 g Flour, all-purpose
  • 15 g Beef suet
  • 10 g Sugar
  • 20 g Currants, dried
  • 1 g Baking powder
  • 25 g Milk, whole
  • 0.3 g Lemon zest

Method

  1. Makes 1 slice; multiply by 6 for a whole pudding. Mix the flour, suet, sugar, baking powder and lemon zest, then stir in the currants.
  2. Add enough milk to bring the mixture together into a soft, spoonable dough.
  3. Spoon into a buttered pudding basin, cover tightly with pleated parchment and foil, and steam over simmering water for 1.5-2 hours until firm and well risen.
  4. Turn out, slice, and serve warm with custard.

Nutrition per serving

NutrientPer servingShare of a day's need
Energy386 kcal18%
Carbohydrates57.4 g
Water31.2 mL
Fiber2 g7%
Protein5.8 g12%
Tryptophan0.06 g
Threonine0.15 g
Isoleucine0.19 g
Leucine0.38 g
Lysine0.18 g
Methionine0.1 g
Cystine0.1 g
Phenylalanine0.26 g
Tyrosine0.17 g
Valine0.23 g
Histidine0.12 g
Fat15.3 g
Monounsaturated5 g
Polyunsaturated0.7 g
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)0 g
Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA)0 g
Omega-60.52 g
Saturated8.4 g
Trans-Fats0 g
Cholesterol12.7 mg
Calcium126 mg13%
Copper0.13 mg14%
Iron2.4 mg13%
Magnesium19.1 mg6%
Manganese0.34 mg19%
Phosphorus185 mg26%
Potassium234 mg5%
Selenium14.7 µg27%
Sodium100 mg
Zinc0.48 mg6%
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.36 mg33%
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.27 mg25%
Niacin (vitamin B3)2.8 mg20%
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0.28 mg6%
Pyridoxine (vitamin B6)0.09 mg7%
Folate (vitamin B9)76.6 µg19%
Cobalamin (vitamin B12)0.15 µg6%
Choline6.6 mg2%
Vitamin A12.3 µg2%
Vitamin C1.3 mg2%
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)12.8 IU2%
Vitamin E0.36 mg2%
Vitamin K1.4 µg2%

Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.

Climate footprint

0.5 kg CO2e a serving: higher than most breakfasts, sides, desserts and drinks on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.

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