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Jam Roly-Poly

⏱ ~105 min (est.)InvolvedDessertBritishVegetarian
Jam Roly-Poly

A fuss-free British dessert built around suet, raspberry jam and custard — roughly 105 minutes start to finish, and rated involved to make. Below: the ingredients split into pantry staples and a quick shopping list, a built-in serving scaler, and the method in 16 steps.

You'll mainly reach for oven and saucepan. At involved difficulty across 16 steps, it's worth setting aside proper time for. As written, it's meat-free.

What you'll need

Servings4

Shopping list (3)

Pantry staples (you likely have these)

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How to make it

  1. Put a deep roasting tin onto the bottom shelf of the oven, and make sure that there’s another shelf directly above it.
  2. Pull the roasting tin out on its shelf, fill two-thirds with boiling water from the kettle, then carefully slide it back in.
  3. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4.
  4. Tear off a large sheet of foil and greaseproof paper (about 30 x 40cm).
  5. Sit the greaseproof on top of the foil and butter it.
  6. Tip butter, flour and vanilla seeds into a food processor; pulse until the butter has disappeared.
  7. Tip into a mixing bowl.
  8. Stir through the suet, pour in the milk and work together with a cutlery knife until you get a sticky dough.
  9. You may need a drop more milk, depending on your flour.
  10. Tip the dough out onto a floured surface, quickly pat together to smooth, then roll out to a square roughly 25 x 25cm.
  11. Spread the jam all over, leaving a gap along one edge, then roll up from the opposite edge.
  12. Pinch the jam-free edge into the dough where it meets, and pinch the ends roughly, too.
  13. Carefully lift onto the greased paper, join-side down (you might find a flat baking sheet helpful for this), loosely bring up the paper and foil around it, then scrunch together along the edges and ends to seal.
  14. The roly-poly will puff quite a bit during cooking so don’t wrap it tightly.
  15. Lift the parcel directly onto the rack above the tin and cook for 1 hr.
  16. Let the pudding sit for 5 mins before unwrapping, then carefully open the foil and paper, and thickly slice to serve.

You'll use: Oven · Saucepan · Food processor · Baking sheet

Watch how it's made

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Ingredient substitutions

Butter
olive oil (¾ the amount) · coconut oil · margarine
Self-raising Flour
1 cup plain flour + 1½ tsp baking powder + ¼ tsp salt
Milk
any unsweetened plant milk · ½ cup evaporated milk + ½ cup water

What to serve with Jam Roly-Poly

Tips & common questions

How long does Jam Roly-Poly take to make?

About 105 minutes from start to finish — an estimate based on the 16 steps and 7 ingredients. Times vary with your kitchen and how much prep you do ahead.

What can I use instead of butter?

Try olive oil (¾ the amount). See the substitutions section above for more swaps.

Can I scale this recipe up or down?

Yes — use the servings control above the ingredients and every quantity rescales automatically (fractions included). Cooking times stay roughly the same; very large batches may need a little longer.

Is Jam Roly-Poly vegetarian?

Its ingredients contain no meat or fish, so it's suitable for vegetarians. Check any cheeses for animal rennet if that matters to you.

Recipe data for Jam Roly-Poly via TheMealDB (open database). ▶ Video. Original source. Consomee adds the scaler, ingredient tools, timing and structure — how we source recipes.