Mae's Bread and Butter Pudding

Susy Wall
Susy Wall @singing_chef
West Midlands, UK

Lockdown has meant lots of recipes that use up exisiting ingredients and ones that we have to hand most of the time. Other than the cream in this recipe, we had all the ingredients necessary and some white bread that needed using... So, bread and butter pudding it is!!

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Mae's Bread and Butter Pudding

Lockdown has meant lots of recipes that use up exisiting ingredients and ones that we have to hand most of the time. Other than the cream in this recipe, we had all the ingredients necessary and some white bread that needed using... So, bread and butter pudding it is!!

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Ingredients

20 mins prep;25 mins cooking
5-6 servings
  1. 7 slicesthick sliced white bread, crusts removed
  2. butter for spreading
  3. 100 gdark chocolate - we used bournville dark orange chocolate to compliment the orange zest
  4. zest 1 orange (optional)
  5. 3large eggs and 1 extra large egg yolk
  6. 50 gcaster sugar
  7. 120 mldouble cream
  8. 1sp vanilla extract
  9. 1 tspcinnamon
  10. 300 mlmilk - we used whole for a creamy custard but you could use semi
  11. 2 tbsplight brown soft sugar

Cooking Instructions

20 mins prep;25 mins cooking
  1. 1

    First, cut the crusts off the bread (save for breadcrumbs and freeze). Cut the slices in half (into triangles)

  2. 2

    Butter the bread on one side

  3. 3

    FInely chop the chocolate into small chunks

  4. 4

    Grease a baking dish with a little butter and start to layer the bread. After the first layer, sprinkle over half of the chocolate chunks.

  5. 5

    Layer the rest of the bread on top and sprinkle with the remaining the chocolate chunks

  6. 6

    In a large jug, add the eggs and egg yolk, cream, sugar, vanilla, orange zest and cinnamon. Whisk with a fork or hand whisk until gently combined

  7. 7

    Now add the milk and whisk again

  8. 8

    Pour over the bread, making sure that all of it is covered.

  9. 9

    Leave the mixture to soak into the bread for 15 minutes

  10. 10

    Sprinkle the brown sugar over the top evenly.

  11. 11

    Cook in a preheated oven on 180˚ c (160˚c fan oven) for 30 minutes.

  12. 12

    Remove from the oven and serve with icecream or a litle cream.

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Susy Wall
Susy Wall @singing_chef
Hey Alesya. it is soooo easy ans tastes amazing! I'm not a big fan of stodgy puddings but this was so light, it just melted in your mouth!

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