I made a Cloutie Dumpling.

A new guy appeared a few weeks ago at work, and my first impression upon seeing him was, whoa that guy is big! The second he started talking I was like"no way! you have a Scottish accent?!!" In fact I actually yelled that at him. His name is Gordon and he is super proud about being Scottish (big surprise) sometimes it's hard to understand him I literally have to hang on every word for a second so I can interpret a very strong accent. We were discussing food last week and he started talking about a "dumplin' " how it was "brillian' " and when he said you cook it in a pillow case I was hooked! So I bugged him for the recipe for a Fort nigh'! JK maybe for a few days, and he brought it in today along with pictures from Scotland, as soon as I got off work I made it. I decided to put the recipe on here just as it appeared on the plaid paper,*thought that was kind of funny* but I lost the recipe already so this is from memory, so here it is with a few notes of my own:

Cloutie..pronounced Clootie and it means cloth.

1 pound flour
1 teacup sugar
1 teacup white bread crumbs
1 teacup milk
1 teacup Suet ( If you don't know what this is go here, veg shortning can be used instead)
1/2 pound currants
1/2 pound raisins
1 apple grated ( I used two small granny smiths)
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp mix spices (I thought maybe like pumpkin spices?)

Mix the four, suet, and sugar together. In another bowl mix apple and spices together, in a cup dissolve the baking soda in the milk. Add the dried fruit,apple and milk to flour mixture and stir.
Scald the pillow case then rinse with hot water. (I learned this one the hard way when my boiling water got super bubbly) Flour inside of pillow case generously and place dough in the middle. Tie up pillowcase securely and place in boiling pot of water. Make sure to have a plate at the bottom of the pan, (I am assuming so the stuff wont burn) Boil covered for 3 1/2 to 4 hours while adding boiling water periodically, ( I just kept a kettle on simmer). After boiling, place on a plate and put in a warm oven for 15 Min's ( I put it in there on 200 for like a half hour! It was pretty gooey) Take it out and serve with ice cream!
Boiling the cloutie, then bottom picture is fresh from the oven

Andrew is trying to figure out what's in it.

It was really delicious!

OK so when I took it out I had no idea how to get it on the plate it was really hot, luckily I had gloves for making cheese, so I just used those and was able to maneuver it onto a plate that included dumping nasty gooey mess in the sink via colander then I was able to shape it into a shape... of sorts. I put it into the oven and let it sit there for quite a while, then when it had this funky "skin" it was time to eat some, with ice cream it was sooo good! I kept saying how good it was over and over. Anyway I am bringing the other half to work tomorrow for Gordon to try hopefully he likes it and is able to have a taste of home!