Pudding cloth

A pudding cloth is a culinary utensil similar to a cheesecloth or muslin. It is a reusable alternative to cooking in skins made of animal intestines and became popular in England in the seventeenth century for boiling a wide range of puddings.^[1]

Preparation of a pudding with a pudding cloth

Typical uses

Sweet

Prior to the 19th century, the English Christmas pudding was boiled in a pudding cloth.^[2] Clootie dumpling, a traditional Scottish dessert, is boiled in a pudding cloth.^[3] The traditional way to cook jam roly poly is using a pudding cloth.^[4]

Savoury

Pease pudding was first made possible at the beginning of the 17th century with the advent of the pudding cloth.^[5]