Thursday, December 6, 2012

Scottish Recipes - Microwave Clootie Dumpling

Now presenting the most amazing, microwave recipe I have had the pleasure of making

The Microwave Clootie Dumpling

Microwave Scottish Clootie Dumpling



For those who don't know what a Clootie Dumpling is, because you aren't Scottish and you weren't born in 1938,  a Clootie Dumpling is a traditionally sweet dumpling, made with dried fruit and wrapped in a cloot (cloth) and boiled in water a good few hours until cooked through

This recipe requires no boiling water and no cloot, just a microwave. Hurray for modern technology

It is traditionally served between Christmas and New Year, and most typically found in amongst a spread of great food on Hogmanay (Scottish New Years Eve)

Any well respecting Clootie dumpling maker will want a good skin on the dumpling, that skin will be pale, and pasty in appearance and apparently my mums Grannie used to sit her real cooked dumpling by the open fire to form a good pasty skin, em yeah ! !

Alas, the microwave clootie has no skin but it does still have that same texture

I am kinda glad as the skin freaked me out as a kid

So here is how to make the amazingly fast and easy (skinless) Clootie Dumpling

I mean, can you really wait for this to be boiled up in a cloot? Yeah, me neither


Makes one Dumpling

You will need

                                                      Ingredients

Stage One
Quarter Pint Cold Water
4oz/100g Sugar
1 heaped tablespoon Cinnamon
1 heaped tablespoon Mixed Spice
8oz/225g Margarine
8oz/225g Sultanas
8oz/225g Raisins (I used 16oz Raisins instead of sultanas)
1 tablespoon Treacle (optional)



Stage two
8oz/225g Plain Flour
1 teaspoon Bicarbonate of Soda
2 Eggs (beaten)






  • Put all of the ingredients in Stage One into a large saucepan and bring to boil. Simmer for 5 minutes
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  • In a large bowl, sift the Flour and Soda

  • Add the hot mixture from the pan into the bowl with the flour/soda mix

  • Mix well

  • Add in the beaten eggs, Mix well

  • Line another large bowl with cling film (Saran Wrap)

  • Add mixture to lined bowl and microwave for  
         (UK) 650W - 9 minutes 
         (UK) 500W - 12 minutes
         (USA) 1100W - 4.5 minutes


  • Once cooked leave in bowl to cool and firm then turn out onto a wire rack or plate
Microwave Scottish Clootie Dumpling
Clootie Dumpling

Scottish Clootie Dumpling

Slice and serve with cream, ice cream or custard. Or, just enjoy by the slice

Angela


Scottish Word of the day : Cloot  meaning Cloth



                                                                         


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45 comments:

  1. Thanks so much for this recipe. Shared a dish of Clootie Dumpling with custard during our Scotland trip in 2009. Decadent and oh so yummy! My husband (native Scot) really likes the bridies I fix with your recipe, so I'm thinking perhaps I'll try the Clootie during the Christmas holidays.

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    1. Love that you have tried it, not many people have, I am sure. Great that you have a Scottish hubby and he is liking all the recipes, we love the bridies on here too, let me know how you get on with the Clootie :)

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  2. i am making one for xmas cannot decide which one clootie or microwave

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    1. You should make the microwave one, it really was good

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    2. Made the microwave variety for Burns supper YUMMY

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  3. This recipe looks delish! Do you have any idea where I can purchase Sultanas or what I could Sub it with?

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    1. I couldnt find sultanas here in texas too easily so i just substituted more raisins and it was just fine

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    2. Sultanas are 'golden raisins'

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  5. Angela, You are too cute! Thanks for linking up your delicious Scottish Clootie Dumpling! It looks so yummy! Our family roots are from Scotland, but we have never made any Scottish dishes! So it's up to you to teach us!! :) Have a great weekend! -The Six Sisters

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  6. Thanks so much for sharing such a really traditional recipe. This is so foreign too me... I'm excited. I love learning about new foods. thanks again for sharing your great recipes on foodie friday.

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    1. I'm going to bring this to a New Year's Eve Party at a British friend's house, should be fun.

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    2. My family are from Dundee it's been a while since I had clootie dumpling or forfar birdies so I am going to give them a go,I have stovies often thank you for the recepies.
      Cheerio

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  7. You always share the most unique and yummy looking deserts! Thanks for sharing with "I Gotta Try That" Have a great week!
    Marcie

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  8. Thanks so much for linking this up to the Winter Wonders & Holiday Happenings link party. I'm glad you did, thanks for stopping by!

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  9. well, i have never heard of this, and i thought it said cootie dumpling, and thought to myself, "my, why would someone want to eat this?" so sorry! it looks like it would be good with ice cream!

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  10. Congrats, your recipe is being featured on foodie friday today. Stop by and get your featured button, and thank you again for sharing your recipe with us.

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  11. This is definitely something original to me, although it does sound similar to a fruit cake. It looks so yummy and moist! Thanks for sharing at Sweet Saturday last week :)

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  12. I sometimes add a wee dram of single malt (less water to compensate) and flame it at Xmas. Great with creme anglais or ice cream.

    A nice menu would be Stovies and bannocks, followed by Clootie Dumpling and custard, and if enough room, some fresh fruit, cheese and one last oatcake! (all washed down with a wee dram)

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  13. Guess who is one of my Five Faves at Freedom Fridays this week;) I'm not telling, lol!

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  14. I just shared this at all my favorite places: Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest

    Thank you for sharing at Freedom Fridays and thank you for being one of my Five Faves!!

    Merry Christmas!!!

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  15. When Scottish Dancing in Ontario a Scottish lady brought a dumpling pudding cooked in the microwave. The recipe is just like yours and you explained the cooking so clearly.I cannot wait to try it for my English hubbie.Many thanks

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  16. when Scottish dancing in Ontario last week a Scottish brought a dumpling pudding and the recipe is just like yours, You explained it so well and I cannot wait to try it,

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    1. So glad you liked it and you are going to make it soon, let me know how you get on :)

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  17. My husband is Scottish and we're having a Burns Night Supper tomorrow and I'm thinking of making this. How many does it serve?

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    1. This would easily serve 6-8 people depending on serving sizes, it's really quick and easy to make too, let me know how it turns out :)

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    2. we are hosting a Tranditional a Burns supper on 25th January of Haggis turnip and mash followed by the Microwave Clootie dumpling served with Custard, Had to taste test it tonight, Real thing

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  18. I am scottish living in Troon just spent 4 hours cooking a clootie glued to the stove because it boils dry so quickly I have 2 more to make for a seniors St.Andrews day dinner. I am going to break with tradition and try your recipe and see if the seniors can tell the difference.:-)

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    1. Well Liz, you must let me know what the seniors thought of the microwave clootie, did they love it ?

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  19. omg that is so easy, i am in scotland and often make a clootie. I have one boiling away, been on for 2hours now. Made a microwave one,(since I had ingredients out anyway) perfect shape,perfect taste. Must test them out on the family, see if they can tell the difference.Doubt if I can fool my Dad tho, he is 89 and will be looking for the "skin". I recommend give it a try folks. So quick and very tasty.

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    1. It is fast and easy eh? What did the family think? What did your Dad think of the skinless microwave clootie? I love the excitment in your lovely comment. Thanks for loving it as much as I do

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  20. Is the mixed spice allspice or another type of spice?

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  21. Is the ingredient mixed spice "allspice" or another type of spice?

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    1. mixed spice and allspice are one and the same...

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    2. No, they're different. Allspice is from one plant - it's the dried unripe fruit of Pimenta dioica. Mixed spice is a blend of Cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice; it may also contain any/all of cloves, ginger, coriander seed,and caraway. It's similar to pumpkin pie spice.

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  22. Thank you Angela .I love clootie dumpling, so I'll be trying this recipe soon. I also like the skin.

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  23. I followed the recipe exactly as shown,however my dumpling came out very dry , the taste was definately there but very dry and crumbly...any ideas ???

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  24. Please could you tell me the cooking time if I'm using a 750w microwave? I don't want to guess it and get it wrong �� thanks in advance

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  25. Please could you tell me the cooking time if I have a 750w microwave? TIA

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  26. Hi guys. Have any of you tried to make a dumpling with a floor in the microwave so as to get a skin? If so how did you do it?

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  27. Just made this Clootie Dumpling my husband was having Scottish withdrawal symptons....He is having it this very minute and says it is delicious and it was so easy to make and baked in 7 mins.... wonderful recipe. Many thanks.

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  28. Looks passable. Good attempt with a microwave. Just not like any Clootie Dumpling I remember. It was typically eaten on New Years eve, in our house. Not sure using a microwave would work well with hiding a coin in it!

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  29. Why did mine look great until I tried to slice it and it just crumbled

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  30. You lost Cinnamon & then Mixed Spice. What is in the Mixed spice?

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