# Assam Spotted Dick & Thick Assam Custard

A gloriously light and delicious steamed pudding with a thick Assam custard, a classic English dessert.

- Total time: 90 min
- Cuisine: British
- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 250 g self-raising flour
- 125 g shredded suet
- 190 g Mixed Peel, Currents, Sultanas
- 80 g caster sugar
- 1 lemon finely grated zest
- 1 orange finely grated zest
- 170 ml whole milk
- 2 teabags Assam Tea
- Pinch Salt
- 950 ml Whole Milk with Assam Tea bags
- 4 Egg Yolks
- 2.5 Tbsp Cornflour
- 2 Tbsp Vanilla Bean Paste
- 85 g Golden Caster sugar
- 2 g Flaked Salt

## Instructions

1. Start by heating the milk with the teabags on a low heat, once simmering remove from the heat and allow to stand for 15-20 minutes before discarding the teabags.
2. Add an upside-down plate or trivet into a deep pot with a lid.
3. Fill the deep pot with boiling water, about 2/3 full.
4. Grease a Pudding Dish with butter.
5. Add all the ingredients (flour, suet, mixed fruit, caster sugar, lemon zest, orange zest, milk with tea, and salt) together in a bowl.
6. Add an egg yolk to the mixture.
7. Place the batter into the prepared Pudding basin.
8. Cover the pudding basin in baking parchment and aluminum foil.
9. Wrap in string to secure the cover.
10. Place the pudding basin in the pot and fill up with a little more water so that it is around 2/3 full.
11. Place the lid on top and steam for 1.5 hours.
12. Meanwhile, start on your custard by heating the milk and teabags together until a gentle simmer.
13. Turn off the heat for the custard milk.
14. Allow the teabags to sit in the hot milk for 10 minutes before discarding them.
15. Unmold the steamed pudding onto a plate.
16. Pour the prepared thick Assam custard over the steamed pudding.

## Equipment

- deep pot with lid
- pudding basin (1L)
- grater
- mixing bowl
- baking parchment
- aluminum foil
- string
- saucepan

## Tips

- The batter is meant to be very thick to hold all the dried fruit.
- For a very thick custard, use 3 tablespoons of cornflour.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/p/DCWe6giIU2h/
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- Extracted: 2025-10-22

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