Atora Shredded Suet

I would say that Atora pretty much have the suet market stitched up. I don't know of any other brands which supply suet, but I am sure that the leading supermarkets have their own brand. I never look for the supermarket brands and seemed to be conditioned into going straight for the Atora suet and always the real stuff as is this product under review. The main reason I buy Atora suet is because I love homemade dumplings. Dumplings seem to be one of those foods which obviously contain a fair amount of fat because suet is fat (I believe it is the fat from an animal's kidneys?) and to make a good dumpling you need to have four equal measures of self-raising flour ...  Read the complete review

I love a good stew but it isn't a stew without the dumplings. I usually buy the lower fat Atora but unfortunately they didn't have it when I did my shop. This particular one is 30% lighter than the normal Atora that comes in a blue and yellow box. It is shredded suet and you can use it to make dumplings, puddings, pies and pastries. I can't say I used it to make anything other than dumplings though. The suet comes in a plastic bag inside the box and looks like short, yellow worms covered in a light white dust. It reminds me a bit of sweets but I can imagine it would taste pretty horrible if I shoved a mouthful of that in my mouth. I ...  Read the complete review

Atora suet could be seen as an unhealthy product in this day and age but it is still a regular on my shopping list. History tells us that suet was mentioned in a recipe book as far back as 1617. Very interestingly it was a Frenchman who lived in Manchester who set up the first ever factory to manufacture suet. Gabriel Hugon watched his wife trying to finely chop a large piece of suet and thought that he may make many housewives lives easier by selling ready chopped suet. He sold his engraving business and in 1893 he opened The Atora Suet factory in Openshaw, Manchester. It is strongly believed that the name `Atora` was derived from the word `Toro` being ...  Read the complete review

Yum Dumplings! To quote an article I read, "Savoury dumplings are made from balls of dough and are part of traditional British and Irish cuisine. The simplest dumplings are made from twice the weight of self raising flour to suet, bound together by cold water to form a dough. Balls of this dough are dropped into a bubbling pot of stew or soup, or into a casserole. I always make Dumplings to go on top of my beef stew and I have to admit that I do make them the proper way because they taste better like that. You can buy ready made dumplings to which you just add water but actually I find the proper way just as easy. According to the quote above, ...  Read the complete review

I expect a lot reading this will say shredded suet what on earth is that but it really is something that you should keep in your kitchen cupboard. Shredded suet is for making home made dumplings, pastries, puddings and pies I can only describe it as being softer than shortcrust pastry but with more the look of puff pastry but not so flakey. Ingredients Beef suet 85%, wheat flour. Nutrition information Energy 830 kcal protein 0.9 g carhohydrate 10.1 g o which sugars 0.4g fat 87.4g of which saturates 46.1g monounsaturates 29.7 g polyunsaturates 2.7 g fibre trace sodium ...  Read the complete review