Ingredients
1 cup self-raising flour
50g unsalted butter
cold
½ cup milk
1 pinch salt
1½ cups water
½ cup sugar
2 tbsp golden syrup
1 lemon
juiced
Allergy Advice
Contains Dairy
Contains Gluten
Equipment
- 1 medium saucepan
- 1 medium bowl
- 1 fork
- 1 lid
Instructions
- To make the syrup, in a medium saucepan add water, sugar, golden syrup and lemon juice.
- Stir and bring to the boil.
- To make the dumplings, place flour and salt into a medium bowl and rub in cold butter until it resembles breadcrumbs.
- Add milk and using a fork, gently cut through to form dough.
- Gently roll the dough, a tablespoon at a time, into a ball and gently drop them into the boiling syrup.
- Place a lid on top of the saucepan of syrup and dumplings and turn down temperature to a simmer. Simmer for 20 minutes.
- Turn the heat off sit for 3-4 minutes before serving.
Notes
Tip
The dumplings are like scones- you need a very gentle hand for a fluffy texture, however if done right they are divine, especially with thickened cream poured on top.
