| Clootie dumpling | |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Type: | Pudding |
| Main Ingredient: | Flour, dried fruit (currants, raisins, sultanas), suet, sugar, spices, milk |
A clootie dumpling is a traditional Scottish pudding made with flour, breadcrumbs, dried fruit (currants, raisins, sultanas), suet, sugar and spices with some milk to bind it. Ingredients are mixed well into a dough, then wrapped up in a floured cloth (the clootie), placed in a large pan of boiling water and simmered for a few hours before being lifted out and dried near the fire or in an oven.[1] Recipes vary from region to region.
"Clootie dumpling" has also been used as a nickname for the logo of the Scottish National Party.[2]