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Jam Roly-Poly
Suet pastry rolled around raspberry jam and steamed until pillowy — the school-dinner legend known affectionately everywhere as “dead man’s arm”.
- Prep
- 20 min
- Cook
- 90 min
- Total
- 110 min
- Yield
- Serves 6
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Era
- Victorian
Ingredients
- 250g self-raising flour; 125g shredded suet; pinch of salt
- 150ml cold water; 6 tbsp raspberry jam
- 1 tbsp milk; custard, to serve
Method
- Mix the flour, suet and salt; bind with water to a soft dough.
- Roll into a 20×28cm rectangle; spread with jam, leaving a border.
- Roll up from the short side like a Swiss roll.
- Wrap loosely in buttered, pleated foil, sealing the ends.
- Steam for 1½ hours until well risen and cooked through.
- Slice into thick spirals and serve with an irresponsible amount of custard.
Oven temperatures are given in Celsius, Fahrenheit, fan and gas mark throughout. Quantities are metric, as cooked and written in the UK.