Tasty and easy English Spotted Dick dessert recipe

Soak the currants in hot water for 30 minutes. Mix the flour, baking powder, mixed spice, lemon zest and sugar in a large bowl. Add the suet and mix again.

Pour in the currants and water half of the milk. Stir everything together until a dough starts to form. Add more milk as necessary until a sticky dough has formed.

Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and make a sausage shape. Wrap it in parchment paper, twisting the ends and tying it with string. Then, wrap it in aluminium.

Place the pudding in a steamer basket and a pan of simmering water. Cover the pan and steam the pudding for 2 hours, checking and adding more water if necessary.

Remove the pudding from the steamer, open it and transfer it to a serving plate.

Serve with custard. Enjoy!