Receta Clootie Dumpling
Ingredientes
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Direcciones
- Place cloot in boiling water.
- Mix all ingredients well with lowfat milk to make a fairly soft consistency.
- Wring out cloot, lay flat, dredge well with flour, smooth with hands for even spread.
- Place mix on cloot, gather ends proportionately, leaving room to expand, tie with string.
- Select large pot to allow covering dumpling with water.
- Put a plate in pot bottom, put cloot with mix on top.
- Simmer dumpling 2 - 3 hrs.
- Remove from pot, put in colander in sink.
- Untie string, gently pull corners of cloot apart.
- Put a plate over dumpling in colander, turn over.
- Carefully peel cloot away from one corner, serve steaming warm.
- Serves 1 family.
- NOTES : This is a very popular Scottish treat and is considered to exemplify a mother's love for her children. Clootie means a little cloth; the dumpling is cooked in a cloot, or possibly cloth; a plain linen dish towel would do the job.
- This recipe is one of the finest.