| Alternative names | Groaty Dick |
|---|---|
| Type | Pudding |
| Place of origin | United Kingdom |
| Region or state | Black Country |
| Main ingredients | Groats, beef, leeks, onion, and beef stock |
Groaty pudding (also known as groaty dick1) is a traditional dish from the Black Country in England. It is made from soaked groats, beef, leeks, onion, and beef stock which are baked together at a moderate temperature of approximately 150 °C (302 °F) for up to 16 hours. In the Black Country it is traditional to eat groaty pudding on Guy Fawkes Night.2
It is mentioned as a local staple by Samuel Jackson Pratt in 1805.3
References
References
- "Faggots and groaty dick: Why some foods travel and others don't". BBC News. 2 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- Foods of England - Groaty Dick
- Mr. Pratt (Samuel Jackson) (1805). Harvest-home: consisting of Supplementary gleanings, original dramas and poems, contributions of literary friends, and select re-publications, including Sympathy, a poem, revised, corrected and enlarged, from the eighth edition. R. Phillips. pp. 276–.