Jam Roly Poly

Method

• 1. Preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6. Butter a large sheet of baking paper and set aside.
• 2. Stir the flour, suet, sugar and salt in a large bowl until fully combined. Slowly stir in the milk to form a soft, spongy dough.
• 3. Tip the dough out onto a floured surface and knead for a few minutes. Roll the dough out to a 22cm x 32cm/8½in x 13in rectangle.
• 4. Spread the jam onto the dough, leaving a 1.5cm/½in border. Gently roll the dough up from the short end and transfer to the greaseproof paper, seam-side down. Wrap the roly poly in the baking paper, making a long pleat in the paper to allow the pudding to expand as it cooks. Twist the ends of the paper like a Christmas cracker and tie tightly with kitchen string, to seal the pudding inside. Repeat the process with a large piece of kitchen foil.
• 5. Place the pudding onto a roasting rack set on a deep-sided roasting tin. Pour boiling water halfway up the roasting tin and cook in the oven for 30–35 minutes.
• 6. Remove the pudding from the oven, unwrap the kitchen foil, then snip the string and unwrap the paper.
• 7. The pudding should be well risen and lightly browned in places. Don’t worry if the jam has made its way through to the outside of the pudding a little – it will taste all the more delicious.
• 8. Put on a board or serving plate and cut into thick slices. Serve with lots of hot custard or cream.