We’ve deleted three headlines for this blog post, but we’ve now decided the name of this dessert sounds inappropriate however you use it. Not many people know an awful lot about this famous British pudding, and there’s a lot more to it than double entendres.

It’s a cylindrical pudding made with suet and dried fruit (usually currants or raisins) and often served with a big dollop of custard. Nobody knows where it was first born, but it is believed to have been during the middle 1800s, in the UK. As a steamed pudding, this dessert is super moist, but the flavour of the dried fruit really comes through. We’d recommend this dessert on a cold winter’s night, and we often throw in the zest of one lemon to really bring the flavours alive.

Don’t let the name deter you, give spotted dick a chance, you won’t regret it.