Cheap Family Meals 4 – Jam Roly Poly

Jam Roly Poly

The next of my  cheap family meals is Jam Roly Poly.

Although not a meal this is a cheap and easy pudding to extend your dinner with.

Ingredients:

8oz Self Raising Flour + some for dusting

4oz Chilled Margarine or Butter + a little more for greasing

Pinch of salt

4-5 Tablespoons of cold water or milk

Jam

Method:

Grease a large piece of strong foil or doubled up greaseproof paper.

Put the flour and salt in a bowl and finely grate, or rub in, the fat you have chosen.

Mix in enough water to make a soft dough and tip out onto a floured surface.

Pat and roll out to a fairly thin oblong and spread with Jam. Do not get the filling too close to the edge.

Roll it up like a Swiss roll and seal the ends lightly.

Place the roll, seam down, in the middle of the foil or greaseproof and pull the sides upwards. Roll or fold the sides together toward the dough but do not make the parcel too tight as it needs to expand.  Either twist the ends, carefully, like a cracker to seal them or tie them with a bit of string. Be careful not to tear the paper/foil.

Steam for 1hr 30minutes to 2 hours.

NB: Remember not to let the pan boil dry - so keep checking it.

Serve with custard, cream, evaporated milk, or ice cream.

Variations

Use Lemon Curd, Honey, Golden Syrup or Chocolate Spread instead of Jam.

You can also add a little sugar to the dough but the filling will be quite sweet enough.

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