suet pudding
Definition
Noun: 1. A traditional British steamed or boiled pudding whose primary fat ingredient is suet (the hard white fat from around the kidneys of cattle or sheep). It can be either a sweet dessert or a savory main dish, encased in a cloth or basin during cooking.
Usage
Suet pudding is a category of food. It is typically described by its preparation method (e.g., steamed suet pudding) or its specific type (e.g., spotted dick, steak and kidney pudding).
Examples
- For Sunday lunch, my grandmother always made a suet pudding filled with steak and kidney.
- The classic British dessert, spotted dick, is a sweet suet pudding containing dried fruit.
- A properly steamed suet pudding should be light and spongy, not dense.
Advanced Usage
- The term can be used metonymically to represent traditional, hearty, or old-fashioned British cuisine.
- The menu was a homage to British comfort food, featuring suet pudding and mushy peas.
Variants and Related Words
- Spotted Dick: A specific, well-known type of sweet suet pudding containing currants or raisins.
- Steak and Kidney Pudding: A classic savory suet pudding.
- Suet: The key ingredient; the hard animal fat used to make the pudding dough.
- Pudding: In British English, a general term for a dessert, or specifically for a steamed or boiled dish like suet pudding. In this context, it is the hypernym (broader category).
Synonyms
- Steamed pudding (when context implies the use of suet).
- Boiled pudding (when context implies the use of suet).
Related Phrases/Compounds
- Suet crust/pastry: The dough made with suet that forms the casing of the pudding.
Noun
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a sweet or savory pudding made with suet and steamed or boiled
