Steamed Cranberry Roly-Poly

A classic treat, and impressive to boot, looks beautiful served at a dinner party. By Gary Rhodes

• Cooking Time Prep 35 mins
  Cook 1 hr, 15 mins - 1 hr, 30 mins
• Skill Level Moderately easy
• Servings Serves 6

Nutrition per serving

• Kcalories

  459

• Protein

  6g

• Carbs

  65g

• Fat

  21g

• Saturates

  10g

• Fibre

  2.5g

• Sugar

  20g

• Salt

  0.5g

Ingredients

• 175g fresh cranberries (or frozen, thawed)
• 1 tbsp icing sugar
• 2 tbsp cranberry sauce or jelly
• 300g self-raising flour, plus extra for dusting
• 140g dried suet
• 85g caster sugar
• finely grated zest 1 orange
• 175-200ml milk
• custard, to serve

Directions

1. To make the filling, warm the cranberries and icing sugar together in a saucepan until the fruits begin to soften. Increase the heat, so the juices boil and become jammy. Pour the mixture into a bowl, then stir in the cranberry sauce or jelly. Leave to cool. Butter and lightly flour a large sheet of greaseproof (about 40 x 30cm), and sit it on a bigger sheet of foil. Put a steamer on to simmer.
2. For the dough, mix together the flour, suet, caster sugar and orange zest with a wooden spoon. Stir in some milk until the mixture reaches the consistency of a soft pastry. Gather together into a ball, but don't overwork or it will toughen.
3. On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough into a rectangle about 22cm x 25cm. Spread with the cooled cranberry mix, leaving a 2cm border around the edge. Moisten the border with cold water or milk before rolling into a cylinder. Start by tucking over the border of one of the short ends, then lift as you roll (see step 1, click photo above) so the jam doesn't get squeezed out. With the long join underneath, lay the roly-poly in the centre of the parchment paper. Fold over the long paper and foil edges to seal, leaving enough space above the pudding to allow it to rise. Squeeze the paper ends together tightly to seal them.
4. Lay the parcel in the steamer over the simmering water, cover and steam for 1¼-1½ hrs, until firm to the touch. Rest for a min or two before unwrapping, slicing and serving. Vanilla custard is the perfect accompaniment and the roly-poly is best eaten as soon as it is made.

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