A traditional Scottish pudding, clootie dumpling dates back to pre-oven days when most food was cooked in a pot over an open fire. Ingredients were place in a floured cloot (cloth) and boiled in water for several hours - hence the name 'Clootie Dumpling'. Later when cake-making and ovens became part of every household, the making of Clootie Dumplings for special occasions continued and as skill was required to make it successfully, it was generally the senior members of the family who took responsibility. Usually Granny was the best Clootie maker and was always very proud to be given the task. For this reason we adopted 'Granny Clootie' for our restaurant name and logo.

Our original recipe is a delightful mixture of all that's good, subtle spices, carrots, apple, raisins, etc, lovingly maried within a cloot, resulting in a mouth-watering, nutritional delicacy. The only change we have made to the original recipe is the use of vegetable fat instead of animal fat which makes the dumplings suitable for vegetarians.