How to cook the perfect spotted dick

Take a pleasant trip down school-dinners memory lane from the comfort of your kitchen. However you shape it, spice it or steam it, one thing that isn’t optional is custardSpotted dick may have a name that only the British could love, but it’s a dish the rest of the world could well learn to treasure, and not just for the laughter it inevitably prompts. A doughty mainstay of school dinners throughout the 20th century, this steamed suet pudding – pleasingly plain yet plump with c