Roly Poly Pudding

PUBLISHED IN Sunday Times 19 February 1911

Ingredients

½ lb. flour

2 oz. finely chopped suet

Pinch of salt

½ teaspoonful of baking powder

Cold water

Jam

Instructions

Put half pound flour into a basin, add two ounces finely chopped suet, a pinch of salt, and half-teaspoonful baking powder, and sufficient cold water to make a nice paste. Knead until smooth, then roll out into a long, thin piece, spread jam over it; keeping it away from the edges. Roll up the paste, press ends together, and put into a well-floured pudding cloth, tie up tightly, put into it pot of boiling water and boil for one and a half hours.  

Photograph of Rolly Polly Pudding

Photo cooked and courtesy of Pamela Griffiths


Submitted by Mrs M. Matters, Albert Road, Bunbury

Mrs Matters was Mary Dohnt, daughter of William and Emilia Dohnt of Yarloop. She married Alfred Matters in 1902 and after Alfred died in 1921 (reference), she remarried Alexander Stathy in the same year.