Bramble Pudding

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Bramble Pudding

Bramble Pudding is a traditional Scottish recipe for a classic pudding of a thick batter of butter, sugar, egg, flour, milk, lemon zest and raising agents spread over a base of blackberries and sugar before being oven baked. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Scottish version of: Bramble Pudding.

prep time

20 minutes

cook time

20 minutes

Total Time:

40 minutes

Serves:

Rating:

Tags : Wild Food Dessert Recipes Baking Recipes Scottish Recipes

Ingredients:

For the Filling:
450g fresh blackberries
120g sugar

For the Dough:
60g butter
30g sugar
1 egg, beaten
120g plain flour
1/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda
pinch of salt
2 tbsp milk
2 tbsp freshly-grated lemon zest

Method:

Combine the blackberries in a pan with a little water. Bring to a gentle simmer and cook until the fruit is soft. Transfer to a pie dish and sprinkle the sugar over the top. Set aside as you prepare the dough topping.

Cream together the butter and sugar until soft and fluffy then add the egg and beat thoroughly to combine. Stir in the flour and milk along with the salt, bicarbonate of soda and lemon zest. Mix thoroughly then spread this mixture over the fruit.

Transfer to an oven pre-heated to 180°C and bake for about 20 minutes, or until heated through and golden on top. Serve hot with milk or custard.