Fruit hat (pudding)

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Fruit hat
Type Pudding
Place of origin United Kingdom
Main ingredients Suet or butter, flour, fruit

Fruit hat is the generic name for a British steamed pudding, originally made with a pastry of suet and flour, and filled with fruit. [1] Later, the term came to refer to a category of steamed puddings "made with butter, flour and eggs produce a sponge-like pud topped with sauce that can be put into the base of the bowl and cooked with the pudding... so the sauce melds with the sponge to produce a deliciously gunky top: the 'fruit hat'." [2]

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References

  1. Paston-Williams, Sara (2002). Traditional Puddings (2nd ed.). The National Trust. p. 121. ISBN   0-7078-0308-X.
  2. Xanthe Clay Great British puddings - full steam ahead May 2, 2008