To the average expat Brit, steamed treacle pudding might conjure memories—nightmares, really—of morose school lunches ending tragically with a heavy suet-laden thing covered in lumpy custard.

If they have suet in them, does that make them unsafe ... But, and I do mean this, find the time to make an old fashioned steamed pudding with a marmalade base, and you’ll never regret it.

This rich fruit clootie dumpling is a classic Scottish steamed pudding ... Dip a large piece of muslin, an old pillowcase, a pudding cloth or a clean tea towel into boiling water, remove it ...

Divide off about a quarter of the dough, to be used for the pastry lid. Dust your work surface with flour and roll out the larger piece of dough into a circle roughly 30cm/12in in diameter. Use ...

To the average expat Brit, steamed treacle pudding might conjure memories—nightmares, really—of morose school lunches ending tragically with a heavy suet-laden thing covered in lumpy custard.