Fruit pudding

{{Short description|Scottish dish in the form of large sausage}}

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| name = Fruit pudding

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| caption = Scottish breakfast pack showing sliced discs of fruit pudding on the left

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| country = Scotland

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| type = Pudding

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| main_ingredient = Oatmeal or wheat flour, beef suet, brown sugar, currants, raisins, sultanas, cinnamon

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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.{{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}}{{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}}{{sfn|Andrews|2016|p=71}}

Normally cut into slices and fried, it is an optional feature of the traditional Scottish breakfast.{{sfn|Scotney|2009|p=101}}{{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 }}{{sfn|Dening|2012}}{{cite book |title=Maw Broon's Cookbook |date=18 October 2007 |publisher=Waverley Books |isbn=978-1-902407-45-6 |page=18}}{{cite book |last=Mason |first=Laura |title=Food culture in Great Britain |year=2004 |publisher=Greenwood Press |location=Westport, Conn |isbn=9780313327988 |page=136 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/the-full-english/Content?oid=3222629|title=The Full English|website=Memphis Flyer}}{{cite book |last1=Porter |first1=Darwin |title=Scotland and Wales on $35 a Day |date=1986 |publisher=Frommer/Pasmantier |location=Scotland |page=316}}{{Cite web|url=https://dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/sndns3210|title=Dictionary of the Scots Language:: SND :: sndns3210}} 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.

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.

In London, rock musician Alex Harvey purchased his Scottish breakfast supplies, including fruit pudding, from Fortnum and Mason.{{sfn|Munro|2011|p=71}}