Because it’s the cloth that defines clootie dumpling. Although flour, suet, dried fruit and spices always feature, the precise ingredients vary from region to region and family to family. The cloth, ...

2 boiling cloths - you can use an old cotton pillowcase or a large old linen tea towel or muslin cut into a 48mm square, kitchen string and a microwave roasting bag. Plunge cloths into a pan of ...

A wonderful traditional Scottish treat, the Clootie Dumpling has been widely enjoyed across Christmas and New Year for generations. A fun pudding for the festive period, many will have fond memories ...

Voters in Scotland will decide on their country's future when they go to the polls in the referendum on Scottish independence. In the second of a series of documentaries ahead of the vote in September ...

Is it an ancient tradition or an eyesore? A row has broken out about a clean-up of the Clootie Well in the Highlands. At the Black Isle village of Munlochy, it has been a tradition for centuries to ...

Clootie dumplings may not seem the same again after this rollicking portrait of the pud by Mary Spence of Ardersier, Inverness. It won a “Highly Regarded” award of £300 in the 2015 McCash Scots Poetry ...

Yahoo Racing is powered by Motorsport Network, providing expert reporting, analysis, and insider access across the world’s top racing series. Because it’s the cloth that defines clootie dumpling.

The clatter and bubble of a suet pudding boiling in a pot can warm a person faster than any radiator can. It fills the kitchen with a warm fug of sugar and spice and when facing a dark Scottish winter ...