How to make jam roly poly
- 50 g (1.8oz) butter, cold and diced
- 250 g (8.8oz) self-raising flour, plus extra for dusting
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 1 capful of vanilla extract
- 50 g (1.8oz) shredded suet (the veggie stuff is fine)
- 150 ml (5.3fl oz) whole milk, plus a little more if needed
- 125 g (4.4oz) strawberry jam
- 1 jug custard, to serve
- Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4.
- Put a deep roasting tin half-filled with boiling water on the bottom shelf of the oven, making sure that there's another shelf directly above it.
- Whizz the butter and flour together in a food processor until you have a sandy consistency.
- Transfer to a mixing bowl and add the vanilla extract, 1 tbsp sugar and the suet, then pour in the milk and work together with a cutlery knife until you get a sticky dough.
- It should have a scone-like consistency.
- Add a little more milk if necessary.
- Tear off a large sheet of foil and greaseproof paper (about 30 x 40cm) and sit the latter on top of the former.
- Lightly grease the paper.
- Tip the dough out onto a floured surface, then pat together to form a rough square.
- Roll out to roughly 22 x 22cm.
- Spread the jam all over the dough, leaving a 1 inch gap along one edge, then sprinkle over 2 tbsp sugar.
- Roll up from the opposite edge of the clean edge.
- Pinch the jam-free edge into the dough where it meets, and pinch the ends roughly too.
- Carefully lift the parcel onto the greased paper, joint side down.
- Loosely bring up the paper and foil (the roly-poly will expand in the oven), then fold along the edges and ends to seal.
- Place it onto the rack above the roasting tin and cook for one hour.
- Let the pudding sit for 5 mins before carefully unwrapping it be careful, as it might let out some hot steam.
- Slice thickly to serve, and drizzle with custard or cream.
butter, flour, sugar, capful of vanilla extract, suet, strawberry jam, custard
Taken from www.lovefood.com/guide/recipes/22114/how-to-make-jam-rolypol (may not work)