Bread And Butter Pudding With A Difference Food

BREAD AND BUTTER PUDDING WITH A DIFFERENCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180°C
• Cut a slit at one end of each croissant and insert a row of chocolate into the centre.
• Place the croissants so that they fit snuggly into a greased casserole dish.
• Beat the sour cream, eggs and sugar together until smooth. Add the milk and mix well. Pour over the croissants. (The croissants may float, this doesn't cause a problem.).
• Place the casserole dish into a baking dish. Half-fill the baking dish with hot water. Bake for 35-40 minutes or until the custard is set.
• Stand for 10 minutes before serving.
• Dust with drinking chocolate to serve.

BREAD & BUTTER PUDDING

Steps:

• Soak sultanas and currants in the rum for 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 180C degrees.
• Fill a roasting pan with enough hot water to come halfway up the side of the 1 quart baking dish you plan to use for the pudding.
• Place it in the oven.
• Butter the baking dish.
• Butter the bread.
• Cut into triangles and arrange in the dish, alternately with the fruit, until all are used.
• In a bowl, whisk together the eggs and sugar until pale.
• Heat the milk to boiling point and whisk into the egg mixture.
• Add any remaining rum and the vanilla.
• Pour over the bread and let stand for 10 minutes to allow it to soak up the egg custard.
• Place the dish in the roasting pan in the oven and cook for 40-45 minutes, or until the custard is just set.
• If the top browns too quickly, place tin foil over it to prevent burning.
• Serve warm with ice cream or cream.

BREAD AND BUTTER PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• In a saucepan over low heat, add the cream, the scraped vanilla bean and the seeds (or extract) and 1/2 cup of sugar. Whisk to combine. Bring the cream to a boil. While the cream is coming to a boil, whisk the yolks and 1/2 cup sugar together until they are a homogeneous mixture. When the cream comes to a boil, remove it from the heat and whisk in 1/3 of the egg yolk mixture, then immediately whisk in the remaining egg mixture. This is called tempering, it allows you to combine hot cream and eggs without making scrambled eggs. It's kinda fun! Reserve this mixture until you are ready to assemble the pudding.
• To assemble the pudding:
• Butter 1 side of the slices of bread and cut them into triangles. Butter an 8 by 8-inch square baking dish and put a layer of bread points, overlapping, in the bottom of the dish. Strain the raisins reserving the whiskey. Sprinkle half of the whiskey soaked raisins on top of the bread layer. Pour half of the cream/egg mixture over the bread and raisins. Repeat this process with the bread and raisins and finally finish with bread. Pour the remaining cream/egg mixture into the dish. Press down gently on the whole thing to compress and really compact the pudding. If all of the cream mixture doesn't fit into the pan, wait 10 to 15 minutes and then try again. The bread may need a little while to absorb all the cream. MMMMM& don't skimp on this step.
• Set the bread pudding dish inside a 9 by 13-inch baking dish or roasting pan and add hot water until it reaches 1/2 to 2/3 of the way up the sides of the pudding dish. Cover the whole thing with aluminum foil and bake in the preheated oven until the custard has set, about 1 hour.
• Remove the pudding from the water bath and let it cool for 10 minutes. Sprinkle the top of the custard with the remaining 1/2 cup sugar in a thin even layer. Put the pudding under the broiler or use a blow torch (This is REALLY fun!) to crystallize the sugar on the top of the pudding. A little bit crusty and burnt and sweeeeeeet! YuuuuuummmY! Serve with the whiskey tea sauce.
• To make the sauce:
• While the pudding is baking, combine all the ingredients and the reserved Irish whiskey in a small saucepan and let steep for 15 minutes. Discard the tea bags and the lemon half. Bring the sauce to a boil and then lower the heat and simmer until the liquid has reduced by half. Taste, the sauce should be very pungent, sweet and spicy (cinnamon and clove--not spicy hot) and a perfect accompaniment to the creamy sweet pudding.
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TRADITIONAL BRITISH BREAD AND BUTTER PUDDING

Steps:

• Cut the buttered bread slices into quarters and arrange half in an ovenproof dish.
• Scatter over half the sultanas and 2 tbsp sugar.
• Repeat with the second layer of bread and scatter over remaining sultanas and 2 tbsp sugar.
• Make the custard by beating the eggs with the 2 oz sugar and milk.
• Pour over the bread.
• Leave to stand for approx an hour.
• Cook at 150 C for approx an hour until the custard is set, make sure the oven isn't too hot as the custard will curdle.

BREAD AND BUTTER PUDDING

Steps:

• Bring milk to boiling point in a small saucepan, DO NOT BOIL (known as 'scalding').
• Blend in cream and vanilla. Whisk eggs and sugar together in a bowl until creamy. Gradually whisk in milk mixture.
• Cut bread into quarters. Layer in a greased shallow casserole dish with sultanas an apples. Pour over milk mixture. Allow to stand for 15 minutes.
• Place casserole dish in a baking dish. Add enough hot water to baking dish to come halfway up the sides of the casserole. Sprinkle pudding with combined sugar, nutmeg and cinnamon.
• Bake at 180°C (350°F) for 40 to 45 minutes or until custard is set and golden. Serve with cream and fruit.

BANANA BREAD AND BUTTER PUDDING

Steps:

• Remove crusts from bread and spread slices with jam on one side.
• Cut the bread slices in half diagonally.
• Arrange a 1/3 of the bread over the base of a 2 litre greased ovenproof dish.
• Top the bread with half of the sliced banana and half the coconut and sultanas.
• Repeat another layer of bread slices, topped with all of the remaining banana, coconut and sultanas.
• Finish off with a final layer of bread slices on top.
• Beat the eggs, milk, vanilla and sugar in a bowl until well combined.
• Pour over the dish and let dish stand for 15 minutes.
• Heat the oven to 180 degree C.
• Place a large baking dish (big enough to hold the pudding dish inside) with sides into the oven.
• Place the pudding dish in the larger dish.
• Now pour boiling water into the larger dish (not into the pudding!) until the water comes halfway up the sides of the pudding dish.
• Cook for 1 1/4 hours or until set.
• Cover the pudding with foil after 30 minutes to prevent over browning.
• Serve dusted with the icing sugar.
• This is fabulous with vanilla or macadamia nut icecream.
• Also lovely served with maple syrup or passionfruit sauce or any combination!