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Dishes made with suet

6 dishes from around the world that list suet as a main ingredient.

Haggistaigeis 🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreA savoury pudding of sheep offal, oats and spices, boiled in a casing Main dish, Dinner

Christmas pudding 🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreSteamed or boiled sweet pudding with dried fruit, served at Christmas dinner Sweet or dessert, Dinner

Mince pie 🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreSmall sweet pies filled with spiced fruit mincemeat, eaten at Christmas Pie or savoury pastry, Tea time, Snacks

Black puddingMeatmarag dhubh 🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 1 moreA sausage made from animal blood, fat and cereal, cooked in a casing Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch

White puddingputóg bhán, marag gheal 🇮🇪 Ireland and 1 moreA sausage of oatmeal, fat and sometimes pork, without blood, from Ireland and Scotland Main dish, Breakfast, Dinner

Clootie dumplingVegetarian 🇬🇧 United KingdomScottish pudding steamed in a cloth with dried fruit and spices Sweet or dessert

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Haggis: Chris Brown, CC BY 2.0, source
Mince pie: Alcinoe, Public domain, source
Black pudding: Alexbrn, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Christmas pudding: James Petts, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
White pudding: O'Dea, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Clootie dumpling: Matt Riggott, CC BY-SA 2.0, source

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