Suet?

[drwho]

Simple question I'm into suet at the moment but never tried to buy it in Luxor.
Any Answers, where, arabic name, recipes ect, anyone?........

[Mimimay]

I'm sure you still can't buy it in Luxor but I do remember that MD made some from goose fat

[Glyphdoctor]

Of course you could buy it. The butchers in Egypt have the whole cow to sell, don't they?

[Jane Akshar]

If you buy kidney then it comes wrapped in suet and then you get a grater. The fat wrapped around most parts of offal can be grated and used as suet

[HEPZIBAH]

Simple question I'm into suet at the moment but never tried to buy it in Luxor.
Any Answers, where, arabic name, recipes ect, anyone?........

[face=Comic Sans MS]
The question of suet came up once before. viewtopic.php?t=14089&highlight=suet

How about preparing some mincemeat or christmas puddings. Sure to go down well in the UK or Luxor.

There are some Christmas Pudding recipes and others that use suet in Kitchen corner. [/face]

viewtopic.php?t=14089&highlight=suet

viewtopic.php?t=9016&highlight=suet

viewtopic.php?t=9014&highlight=suet

[BBLUX]

One point to consider, Suet does not keep very long in the UK so in our elevated temperatures it will go over even quicker. Not tried putting it in the fridge or freezing it but it might work. The light vegetarian suet seems just as good and tasty so might be a better option for storage.

[Jane Akshar]

I freeze mine, keeps for months

[HEPZIBAH]

Not tried putting it in the fridge or freezing it but it might work. The light vegetarian suet seems just as good and tasty so might be a better option for storage.

[face=Comic Sans MS]I don't use suet very often but when I have bought it, either traditional Atora packet, not fresh from the butchers stuff) or vegatable, I've always stored it in the fridge and it's lasted well for a very long time. As Jane says, it freezes well too. I don't see why the fresh 'butcher' suet shouldn't store well frozen either. It should be used at room temperature though, (although in Luxor that probably means straight from the fridge ).

Dr. Who - have a look at the Atora Suet website for recipes. [/face]http://www.atora.co.uk/index.asp

[drwho]

Thanks for that, cheered me right up.....

[Kronkite]

Suet ? if i get to Luxor i'll bring you some Atora over

[Hurghadapat]

Steak and kidney pudding Dr Who and what about mince and dumpling followed by jam roly poly or treacle pudding.Think you will have been brought up on a diet of these things even though you do profess to be only 8yrs old

[BBLUX]

If someone could import the light vegetarian suet they could make a lot of us very happy. Winter hot pot with steaming dumplings or snake and pigmy pudding

[Ebikatsu]

OMG!!!

Clootie Dumpling!

[Ebikatsu]

My Granny's Highland Recipe


Big plastic washing up bowl
Big wooden spoon
plain cotton pillow case

2lb flour
2lb dried mixed fruit ie sultanas,raisins, cherry peel, orange peel etc
Handful crushed walnuts
Heaped tablespoon of mixed spice or make your own by mixing cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, etc, the sweet spices.
1/2 lb of grated suet
1 lb sugar
1/2 cup treacle/molasses
teasp cream of tartar
teasp of baking powder
1 grated apple
teasp salt
jug of half milk half water mix to mix

Get your clootie and tie one corner with a bit string. Soak clootie in boiling water and then throw in a half cup of flour and a hlaf cup of sugar to coat the inside of the pillow case. This makes the beautiful skin on the dumpling.



Throw all the ingredients into the washing bowl and mix with your big wooden spoon with enough water/milk mix to get it like a dumpling consistency ( not too wet!!).
Then pour the mix into your pillow case and slap it on the counter to flatten the bottom and make it a round shape ( that's why you tie one corner or the pillow case)
Wiggle it till it is like a small football shape and then tie the pillowcase leaving a bit room for expansion.

Put a plate in the bottom of a pot of boiling water and lower the clootie into the water up to half way.

Now the secret!!

You have to keep it covered with the pot lid but check every 15 mins or so to top up with BOILING water to the half way mark.
Boil gently for about 3 hours.
Then remove from water and take off pillowcase straight away!!!
Leave the little darling to dry out for a few hours and until a beigy skin forms on it. Kind of rubbery texture best describes it.

Next day slice it and eat it till you' keel over' in pure ecstasy

for a more enhanced and prolonged ecstasy you can have it with a drop of home made custard oh yeah!

[Wills]

YUK Hate the stuff, my late father always made them.

[Jane Akshar]

My Granny's Highland Recipe


Big plastic washing up bowl
Big wooden spoon
plain cotton pillow case

2lb flour
2lb dried mixed fruit ie sultanas,raisins, cherry peel, orange peel etc
Handful crushed walnuts
Heaped tablespoon of mixed spice or make your own by mixing cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, etc, the sweet spices.
1/2 lb of grated suet
1 lb sugar
1/2 cup treacle/molasses
teasp cream of tartar
teasp of baking powder
1 grated apple
teasp salt
jug of half milk half water mix to mix

Get your clootie and tie one corner with a bit string. Soak clootie in boiling water and then throw in a half cup of flour and a hlaf cup of sugar to coat the inside of the pillow case. This makes the beautiful skin on the dumpling.



Throw all the ingredients into the washing bowl and mix with your big wooden spoon with enough water/milk mix to get it like a dumpling consistency ( not too wet!!).
Then pour the mix into your pillow case and slap it on the counter to flatten the bottom and make it a round shape ( that's why you tie one corner or the pillow case)
Wiggle it till it is like a small football shape and then tie the pillowcase leaving a bit room for expansion.

Put a plate in the bottom of a pot of boiling water and lower the clootie into the water up to half way.

Now the secret!!

You have to keep it covered with the pot lid but check every 15 mins or so to top up with BOILING water to the half way mark.
Boil gently for about 3 hours.
Then remove from water and take off pillowcase straight away!!!
Leave the little darling to dry out for a few hours and until a beigy skin forms on it. Kind of rubbery texture best describes it.

Next day slice it and eat it till you' keel over' in pure ecstasy

for a more enhanced and prolonged ecstasy you can have it with a drop of home made custard oh yeah!

OMG that sounds absolutely fab, I would die for a huge one all to myself, with custard

[Glyphdoctor]

"Die" being the operative word here! Except for the apple it doesn't sound very healthy.

[Jane Akshar]

Hey the pillow case is roughage, the fruit is part of the 5 a day, sounds perfect to me

[Glyphdoctor]

The archaeologists will probably dig up your grave and find the clootie is still there long after your body decays!

[HEPZIBAH]

"Die" being the operative word here! Except for the apple it doesn't sound very healthy.

[face=Comic Sans MS]There is nothing unhealthy about that recipe. The only unhealthy part is Janes suggestion of wanting to eat all of it. Puddings and cakes like this are usually quite rich and sometimes heavy and more often than not very filling so you really only need a fairly small portion. It's not the sort of thing you'd eat every day either. [/face]