I've always fancied trying a clootie dumpling.
Naw , the clootie requires a lot of work and a lot of cooking. I have the recipe in an old notebook but I can remember most of it as I watched it being made often enough. That was how we learned watching Mum or Grandma cooking and baking
@Kingmidas Take care of yourself. I will forever be convinced that my dad ended his days prematurely by trying to care for my mum. He had spent 20 years following a very strict regime after a heart attack. For 19 months while mum needed care that went to pot and he died. I have total admiration for carers but know they need to look after themselves.
I will crack the trifle one day@maglil55 A woman who loves trifle is a keeperI could live without strawberry jam but I have made a chia seed version. The family birthday tradition in my tribe is a rice crispy cake in the shape of a cat - ain't a chance that could be made low carb. @Brunneria I ran your figures through a BMI calculator - jaw dropped! I was just below 21.6 at last review and was scared of slight breeze.
My mum ended up sectioned in psychiatric hospital for 3 months after my dad went into emergency respite care - she was his prime carer and look what it did to her ... but she couldn't understand what it was doing to me. Still, there we are.
Forgot the obligatory eggs and milk.Naw , the clootie requires a lot of work and a lot of cooking. I have the recipe in an old notebook but I can remember most of it as I watched it being made often enough. That was how we learned watching Mum or Grandma cooking and baking
The cloot is just the cloth you cook it in. The dumpling itself was made from flour (Mum always used plain and added baking powder and probably cream of tarter), caster sugar AND soft brown sugar, sultanas , currants (loads of them), spices nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice, ginger, black treacle, eggs, milk. Some people used to put grated apple in it too. You could never replace what the soft brown sugar and the treacle did to it. You actually mixed it on the scalded cloot and a huge pot of water had to be on the boil. Once mixed and tied in was into the boiling water for between 3 and 4 hours , then it's time in front off The coals to form it's skin. I guess it would be The oven nowadays. Birthdays or Christmas silver threepennies or sixpences would be wrapped in waxed paper and hidden in the mix.
Cooking this way gave you the monster , perfectly formed boiled dumpling. Pretty much 5 or 6 hours work though.
NB Any newbies - this is not even remotely low carb. Probably in the 70g per slice and you can't stop at one.
Naw , the clootie requires a lot of work and a lot of cooking. I have the recipe in an old notebook but I can remember most of it as I watched it being made often enough. That was how we learned watching Mum or Grandma cooking and baking
The cloot is just the cloth you cook it in. The dumpling itself was made from flour (Mum always used plain and added baking powder and probably cream of tarter), caster sugar AND soft brown sugar, sultanas , currants (loads of them), spices nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice, ginger, black treacle, eggs, milk. Some people used to put grated apple in it too. You could never replace what the soft brown sugar and the treacle did to it. You actually mixed it on the scalded cloot and a huge pot of water had to be on the boil. Once mixed and tied in was into the boiling water for between 3 and 4 hours , then it's time in front off The coals to form it's skin. I guess it would be The oven nowadays. Birthdays or Christmas silver threepennies or sixpences would be wrapped in waxed paper and hidden in the mix.
Cooking this way gave you the monster , perfectly formed boiled dumpling. Pretty much 5 or 6 hours work though.
NB Any newbies - this is not even remotely low carb. Probably in the 70g per slice and you can't stop at one.
@maglil55 A woman who loves trifle is a keeper
This could go on forever seeing as the internet doesn't allow for nuance. Please don't think I was including you in the ignoring reality crew. ( I need to just walk away now and revisit Healey's Law of Holes)
