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Odd food recipe request with back story :)

64 replies

SaggyNaggy · 05/08/2016 21:42

Many moons ago I travelled to Scotland and toured all over. In every one of the ten or so B&Bs I stayed they served a Full English breakfast, all of them except one Grin
They served a Scottish Breakfast with square sausage, Bacon, egg, beans and the subject of this post.

Does anyone have a recipe for proper Scottish Breakfast Fruit Pudding?
I keep googling and finding Clootie Dumplings and other things but no Fruit Pudding Suasage style, fried lightly etc.

Many thanks.

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SealSong · 05/08/2016 22:05

Can't find a recipe, but you can buy it here.

SaggyNaggy · 05/08/2016 22:17

Thanks Seal im tempted to get the "Serves 12" one and see how many of me it serves.... Just one. Grin

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prettybird · 05/08/2016 22:55

You'll probably find it freezes well. I buy Stornoway black pudding which is the best and cut it into slices and freeze it. It fries well from frozen.

I asked dh (who is more "traditionally" Scottish than me) if he knew a recipe. He didn't believe that it wasn't possible to find a recipe on-line, and then looked for himself.....Hmm

GipsyDanger · 05/08/2016 22:58

I'm sure we always called it 'white' pudding, but now I'm totally doubting myself Confused

SaggyNaggy · 05/08/2016 23:05

I think white pudding is a different t thing, white pudding has no fruit in it, fruit pudding does?
I don't know....
Grin

The thing I remember was like spotted dick only sliced and fried.

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prettybird · 05/08/2016 23:26

According to dh, white pudding is different to fruit pudding (can't comment myself as I don't like any fruit puddings eaten as savoury). Love black pudding though

GipsyDanger · 05/08/2016 23:43

At the end of the day, we're Scottish. We'll deep fry it and eat it for breakfast

WankersHacksandThieves · 06/08/2016 14:26

White pudding as far as my experience goes is an oatmeal based sausage type thing but without meat - fruit pudding is something else - never seen a recipe though.

EnglebertSlaptyback · 06/08/2016 14:34

Sealsong, thank you!!!! I've loved fruit pudding since I was little and I've been relying on friends smuggling it across the border!

Igneococcus · 06/08/2016 14:41

My butcher sells that. I always wondered how it tastes but never tried it. I'll buy some next time I'm there. Is it very sweet?

cdtaylornats · 06/08/2016 16:11

I've never heard of anyone making it. I personally don't like it I prefer a tattie scone.

White pudding is different it's like black pudding without blood

Odd food recipe request with  back story :)
TallulahTheTiger · 06/08/2016 16:13

I've a few of the Broons cookbooks (if you know who they are!) I'll have a look for a recipe.

ootsideinbacktaefront · 06/08/2016 16:21

White pudding is rank, got offered it it Ireland thought it was fruit pudding, crushing disappointment.

WankersHacksandThieves · 06/08/2016 16:45

Ah that picture doesn't look anything like white pudding as I know it. I'm referring to the sausage shaped oatmeal crumbly thing. It's never nice outside of Edinburgh - the differing types is probably why.

cdtaylornats · 06/08/2016 16:55

That is the sausage shaped crumbly thing after slicing with a couple of bits of black pudding for comparison

bearleftmonkeyright · 06/08/2016 17:03

Is it clootie dumpling?

bearleftmonkeyright · 06/08/2016 17:03

Ignore, sorry it's in your op

HirplesWithHaggis · 06/08/2016 17:11

I know exactly what OP is looking for, and it's not the same as white pudding or clootie dumpling. Wiki lists the ingredients (wheat, rusk, sultanas, cinnamon etc) but not the quantities or cooking method, which is frustrating. And, like others, I can't find a single recipe online!

WankersHacksandThieves · 06/08/2016 17:12

cd - no, definitely not the same - the white pudding I'm thinking of wouldn't slice- it's like oatmeal. I've had white pudding in inverness and it was like eating stodge - probably the same stuff as in the picture sliced. never been brave enough to try it anywhere else :(

Groovee · 06/08/2016 18:16

We buy it in Asda from Malcolm Allan.

prettybird · 06/08/2016 18:25

It's obviously a closely guarded family recipe Wink

SaggyNaggy · 06/08/2016 19:46

Well I'm at least glad that others can't find it online. I was worried my internet jockey skills were slipping. Grin

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HirplesWithHaggis · 07/08/2016 02:27

But prettybird, all of the butchers (and why butchers? Their main contribution would be suet...) who sell it claim to be using a "traditional recipe". Why can't any of us find it online? [frustrated]

The closest I found was a teabread, but that's not right either. Sad

prettybird · 07/08/2016 09:17

It does indeed seem strange. Must be a very special secret recipe. WinkGrin

wigglybeezer · 07/08/2016 19:53

I made a rather plain clootie dumpling once with less fruit than usual and it was really quite fruit puddingish. I like fruit pudding too, buy it in the butchers occasionally, I suspect it has quite a lot of suet in it.