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Apricot jam roly-poly with cardamom and vanilla custard
Serves: 8
Prep time: 35 minsTotal time: 
Recipe photograph by Andrew Burton
Apricot jam roly-poly with cardamom and vanilla custard
The great British school dinner has a special place in our hearts, and jam roly-poly is a classic pudding
Serves: 8
Prep time: 35 minsTotal time:
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Nutritional information (per serving)
Calories
546Kcal
Fat
34gr
Saturates
20gr
Carbs
52gr
Sugars
27gr
Fibre
1gr
Protein
6gr
Salt
0.4gr
Emily Jonzen
Emily Jonzen is a London-based food stylist and recipe writer with almost ten years of experience working on books, magazines, packaging, advertising and television projects.
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Emily Jonzen
Emily Jonzen is a London-based food stylist and recipe writer with almost ten years of experience working on books, magazines, packaging, advertising and television projects.
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Ingredients
- 50g butter, diced, plus extra to grease
- 225g self-raising flour, plus extra to dust
- 75g vegetarian suet
- zest of 1 lemon
- 1 tbsp caster sugar
- about 150ml whole milk
- 200g apricot jam
For the custard
- 250ml double cream
- 250ml whole milk
- 1 vanilla pod, split and seeds scraped
- 4 cardamom pods, seeds crushed
- 3 medium egg yolks
- 1½ tbsp cornflour
- 50g caster sugar
Step by step
Get ahead
Leftovers can be kept in the fridge for up to 3 days, or frozen. Reheat slices of roly-poly ina covered bowl in the microwave.
- Preheat the oven to 200°C, fan 180°C, gas 6. Put a large roasting tin, two-thirds filled with hot water, on the bottom shelf of the oven. Ensure that there is another oven shelf just above.
- Cut large pieces of foil and baking paper (each about 30cm x 40cm). Place the baking paper sheet on top of the foil and grease it thoroughly with butter.
- Using your fingertips or a food processor, rub the diced butter intothe flour, adding a pinch of salt, untilno lumps of butter remain. Stir inthe suet, lemon zest and sugar and gradually add enough milk to make a soft, slightly sticky dough.
- Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and, working lightly and quickly, roll into a rectangle measuring roughly 25cm x 35cm. Spread the jam over, leaving a 2cm border at one of the short ends of the dough. Roll up from the opposite short end and pinch to seal the seam and the ends. Carefully lift onto the greased paper, seam-side down, and loosely wrap the paper around it – leaving room for the pudding to expand. Bring up the foil and seal around the paper, twisting the ends like a cracker. Transfer the pudding directly onto the oven shelf above the tin of hot water and bake for 55-60 minutes, until firm.
- Meanwhile, make the custard. Heat the cream, milk, vanilla and cardamom in a saucepan until just beginning to bubble at the edges. Cover and set aside to infuse for 30 minutes.
- Whisk the egg yolks with the cornflour and sugar until smooth. Whisk in a little of the warm cream, then gradually stirin the remaining liquid. Clean out the pan, then strain the custard back into the clean pan through a sieve and return to the heat. Stir over a low heat until thickened enough to coat the back of a spoon – about 7-8 minutes.
- Once the pudding is firm, set aside for 5 minutes before unwrapping and cutting into slices to serve with the custard.