{{Short description|Scottish dish in the form of large sausage}} {{Infobox food | name = Fruit pudding | image = File:Scottish breakfast pack.jpg | caption = Scottish breakfast pack showing sliced discs of fruit pudding on the left | alternate_name = | country = Scotland | creator = | course = | type = Pudding | served = | main_ingredient = Oatmeal or wheat flour, beef suet, brown sugar, currants, raisins, sultanas, cinnamon | variations = | calories = | other =
}} '''Fruit pudding''' is a Scottish dish which is a mixture of wheat or oatmeal flour or breadcrumbs, beef suet, brown sugar, currants, raisins, sultanas, salt and cinnamon, formed into the shape of a large sausage.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43372765|title=Does it matter how you put jam on a scone?|first=Alex|last=Regan|date=March 12, 2018|via=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbcamerica.com/shows/anglophenia/blog/2015/07/10-great-british-bangers-for-hot-dog-day|title=10 Great British Bangers for Hot Dog Day|first=Fraser|last=McAlpine|website=BBC America}}</ref>{{sfn|Andrews|2016|p=71}}
Normally cut into slices and fried, it is an optional feature of the traditional Scottish breakfast.<ref name="auto"/>{{sfn|Scotney|2009|p=101}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/alan-reed-on-the-importance-of-keeping-your-band-well-fed|title=Alan Reed on the importance of keeping your band well fed|first=Jo|last=Kendall|website=Prog Magazine|date=7 July 2019 }}</ref>{{sfn|Dening|2012}}<ref>{{cite book |title=Maw Broon's Cookbook |date=18 October 2007 |publisher=Waverley Books |isbn=978-1-902407-45-6 |page=18}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Mason |first=Laura |title=Food culture in Great Britain |year=2004 |publisher=Greenwood Press |location=Westport, Conn |isbn=9780313327988 |page=136 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/the-full-english/Content?oid=3222629|title=The Full English|website=Memphis Flyer}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Porter |first1=Darwin |title=Scotland and Wales on $35 a Day |date=1986 |publisher=Frommer/Pasmantier |location=Scotland |page=316}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/sndns3210|title=Dictionary of the Scots Language:: SND :: sndns3210}}</ref> Although served in this context as part of a savoury meal, its close relationship to clootie dumpling means it may also be served as a dessert.<ref name="auto"/>
Many Scottish producers of sausage, sliced sausage, black pudding, white pudding and haggis also make fruit pudding.{{sfn|Donnelly|2013}} It is not uncommon to find a "breakfast pack" consisting of sausage, sliced sausage, black pudding and fruit pudding on sale in Scottish shops.
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=== Reference bibliography === {{refbegin}} * {{cite book|title=The British Table: A New Look at the Traditional Cooking of England, Scotland, and Wales|chapter=Breakfast|author1-first=Colman|author1-last=Andrews|publisher=Abrams|year=2016|isbn=9781613122112}} * {{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/scotland/articles/Scottish-highlands-six-of-the-best-family-run-places-to-stay/|title=Scottish highlands: six of the best family-run places to stay|author1-first=Sophie|author1-last=Dening|date=2012-03-02|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}} * {{cite news|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13090229.haggis-brand-to-remain-in-scotland/|title=Haggis brand to remain in Scotland|newspaper=The Herald|date=2013-01-30|author1-first=Brian|author1-last=Donnelly}} * {{Cite book|title=The Sensational Alex Harvey|author1-first=John Neil|author1-last=Munro|date=October 4, 2011|publisher=Birlinn|isbn=9780857901521}} * {{Cite book|title=Scotland - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture|author1-first=John|author1-last=Scotney|date=November 1, 2009|publisher=Kuperard|isbn=9781857336214}} {{refend}} {{Puddings}} {{Scottish cuisine}}
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