King's Traditional Scottish Clootie Dumpling Recipe

It’s that time of year again – the time when we need to start thinking about the forthcoming festivities and getting into practice for making all that festive fare. One of my personal favourites is traditional Scottish clootie dumpling, so that’s what this post is all about – nothing new, just an old favourite revisited on a regular basis.

A ‘cloot’ is a cloth in which we boil a mixture of flour, fat, fruit, sugar and spices to produce the most delicious (in my opinion) cake-like dessert that can be eaten hot, cold, alone, with a selection of toppings, grilled, steamed, fried and served with or after any meal of the day.

Clootie dumpling is versatile, it’s tasty, it’s filling and it’s one of Scotland’s most cherished recipes that gets handed down from generation to generation, with each family having its own special recipe.

My original recipe from Great Granny Kerr has been adapted to create a dumpling that’s fit for Royalty.

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