How to Make Spotted Dick

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Mix the dry ingredients.

   Combine the flour, baking powder, bread-crumbs butter, brown sugar sultanas/currents and the orange zest in a bowl and mix well.
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   Step 2: Add the butter.

   Blend the butter into the dry mixture until until the mixture's consistency is similar to that of 'wet sand'. , Slowly add the milk to the butter mixture, stopping every little while to mix.
   
   Continue to add milk until the 'wet sand' texture turns into a 'wet dough'. , Lay out a sheet of wax paper, and place the dough on it.
   
   Form the dough into a log shape.
   
   Now roll the log along the paper's edge, then unroll it.
   
   Now roll it again, but this time more loosely so it has space to expand while cooking.
   
   Finally, secure both ends with string. , Place the spotted dick in a boiling steamer.
   
   Cook on medium to high heat for an hour. , Remove the Spotted Dick from the steamer and tear away the wax paper.
   
   Cut it into appropriate slices and serve with vanilla custard.
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   Step 3: Add the milk.

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   Step 4: Prepare to steam.

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   Step 5: Cook the spotted dick.

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   Step 6: Serve.

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