Bedfordshire clanger

Bedfordshire clanger
Place of origin:
United Kingdom
Region or state:
Bedfordshire
Main ingredient(s):
suet pastry; meat, potatoes, vegetables; jam, sweetened apple or other fruit
Recipes at Wikibooks:
Bedfordshire clanger
Media at Wikimedia Commons:
Bedfordshire clanger

The Bedfordshire Clanger is a dish from the county of Bedfordshire, in England. It is an elongated suet crust dumpling with a savoury filling at one end and a sweet filling at the other comprising a main course and dessert in one package.

The savoury end is traditionally meat with diced potatoes and vegetables (although a filling without meat is also possible), and the sweet end is usually jam, or sweetened apple or other fruit. Traditionally the top pasty is scored with a few lines to denote the sweet end.

Historically, the Bedfordshire Clanger was made by women for their husbands to take to their agricultural work as a midday meal. The dish is still available at various bakers and served at some hotels, restaurants and local places of interest.

A similar, but savoury, dish comes from Buckinghamshire. It is made from bacon, potatoes and onions which are enclosed in a pastry case.^[1]

Cultural Use

"Dropping a clanger", has made it into the vocabulary in some areas of the UK to express the, (verbal), making of a spectacular mess.^[2]

See also

• Pasty

References

External links

• Recipe from Bedford, UK

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