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English Roll Pudding

6 servings

Ingredients

• 500 g fine flour
• 250 g suet, finely chopped
• 1 pcs egg
• 1 cup cold water
• 1 tbsp sugar
• jam (as needed)
• caster sugar (as needed)

Instructions

1. Combine 500 g fine flour, 250 g finely chopped suet, 1 egg, 1 small cup of cold water, and 1 tablespoon sugar to form a dough.
2. Roll out the dough lengthwise, about two knife-backs thick, spread with a good jam, roll up lengthwise, and press closed at both ends.
3. Roll it into a napkin, tie the napkin closed at both sides, and cook the pudding in boiling water continuously for 2 full hours.
4. Serve without sauce, just sprinkled with caster sugar.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.