An indulgent warming dessert perfect to ward off the winter blues.
Ingredients
- 225g self-raising flour
- 115g suet
- 55g castor sugar
- 1 medium egg, lightly beaten
- 2 tbsp cold water, approx.
- pinch salt
- 185g seedless raspberry jam
Method
- Place the flour, salt, suet, sugar, egg in a mixing bowl and mix well.
- Add a touch of cold water and mix to a soft, but not sticky dough.
- Roll out and use straight away as the raising agents are working away.
- Have ready a 24cm steamer filled with boiling water.
- This is very important, as soon as the pastry is ready it must be cooked or you will end up with a heavy leaden end product.
- Roll the pastry out until it measures about 30 x 40cm roughly.
- Spread over the jam nice and thickly, there is nothing worse than under filled finished roll.
- Roll up nice and lightly, not too tight, then cut in half, so you end up with 2 manageable rolls.
- Tear off 2 pieces of foil roughly the size of the original pastry.
- Butter really well, then carefully place the pastry rolls on top.
- Roll around the pastry very loosely, then twist up the ends, and repeat with the second roll.
- Place in the steamer and steam until the rolls are tight and firm, about 40 minutes.
- To test just gently squeeze and they should be full and firm. If not then just leave for a few more minutes.
- Once cooked, carefully remove from the steamer, and leave the rolls to set.
- Open the foil and slice into 3 serve with hot custard, sweetened with a little Golden Syrup rather than sugar
- If you have any left over, wrap in cling film and chill.
- When needed slice cold and warm in a microwave on medium power, take care though, as the jam will burn.