Bread Butter Pudding Toast Food

BREAD & BUTTER PUDDING TOAST

Steps:

• Use a bread knife to remove the crusts and square up the brioche loaf. Cut the loaf into 3cm slices, then cut each slice into three rectangular fingers. Whisk together the eggs, milk and Irish cream liqueur in a shallow dish. Put the brioche fingers in the egg mixture and leave for about 5 seconds on each side until they are soaked but still holding their shape.
• Put a large frying pan on a medium heat, add the butter and heat until sizzling. Add the brioche fingers to the pan and slowly cook on a medium-high heat, turning so all sides are an even, golden brown. Remove the toast from the pan and toss in the sugar, then transfer them to a baking tray or rack. Use a blowtorch to caramelise the sugar on all sides or, if you don't have a blowtorch, grill on each side for 1 min, or until the sugar has melted. Leave the brioche to cool and the sugar crust to harden.
• Tip the crème fraîche into a bowl and whisk until it thickens and forms soft peaks - initially it will loosen but continue to whisk. Serve a big pile of the toast in the middle of the table with the crème fraîche for dipping into or spreading over.

TOASTED BREAD-AND-BUTTER PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Butter both sides of bread slices and arrange in 1 layer on a large baking sheet. Bake in middle of oven, turning over once, until lightly toasted, 15 to 20 minutes. Transfer to a rack to cool.
• Whisk together half-and-half, eggs, sugar, vanilla, and salt until sugar is dissolved. Halve toasted bread slices diagonally and arrange triangles in rows, overlapping slightly, in a buttered 3-quart shallow baking dish.
• Pour custard evenly over toast and let stand 15 minutes.
• Bake pudding in a hot water bath until custard is set 2 to 3 inches from edges but still trembles in center, 50 to 60 minutes. (Custard will continue to set as it cools.) Serve warm.

BREAD AND BUTTER PUDDING

Steps:

• Grease an ovenproof dish, about 23x28cm/9x11in in size, with butter. Spread each slice with on one side with butter, then cut into triangles.
• Arrange a layer of bread, buttered-side up, in the bottom of the dish, then add a layer of sultanas. Sprinkle with a little cinnamon, then repeat the layers of bread and sultanas, sprinkling with cinnamon, until you have used up all of the bread. Finish with a layer of bread, then set aside.
• Gently warm the milk and cream in a saucepan over a low heat to scalding point. Do not let it boil. Crack the eggs into a bowl, add three-quarters of the sugar and lightly whisk until pale. Add the warm milk and cream mixture and stir well, then strain the custard into a bowl. Pour the custard over the prepared bread layers, sprinkle with nutmeg and the remaining sugar and leave to stand for 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4. Place the dish into the oven and bake for 30-40 minutes, or until the custard has set and the top is golden brown. Serve with extra custard, if desired.

BREAD AND BUTTER PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch round pie dish or cake pan.
• Butter the bread on both sides and cut into triangles. Arrange a single layer of buttered bread in the bottom of the greased pan, slightly overlapping the triangles. Sprinkle with 1/2 of the sugar and all of the currants. Arrange the remaining bread on top, then sprinkle with remaining sugar.
• Beat milk, eggs, and nutmeg together. Pour over the bread and press down firmly to compress the pudding and help the bread absorb the milk mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown and set, about 30 minutes.

RAISIN TOAST BREAD AND BUTTER PUDDING

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven (fan-forced) to 160 degrees Celsius.
• In a large bowl, add custard, cream, eggs and vanilla essence and whisk until combined. It should be a fairly thick cream.
• Take each slice of raisin bread and spread it with butter to the edges of the bread. Then cut into half diagonally and arrange into overlapping triangles in a 20 x 30 cm baking dish. Depending on how thick your bread is, you may need more slices to fill up the dish.
• Scatter the raspberries and chocolate chunks evenly over the bread making sure they go between the slices as well.
• Gently pour the custard-egg-cream mixture over the bread so that it fully covers the bread but the tops of the triangles are sticking up.
• Carefully place into pre-heated oven and bake for around 45 minutes. It should have set but still have a little wobble to it. Allow it cool to room temperature and serve.

BREAD AND BUTTER PUDDING - GLUTEN FREE

Steps:

• Mix and whisk together the eggs, milk and cream in a medium sized bowls.
• Remove crusts from bread and butter each slice. Cut bread slices in half into traingles.
• Grease an oven-proof dish or ramekins.
• Layer the bread into the bottom of the dishes. Overlap the bread in layers so that it looks pleasing. Any bread that is above the custard layer will brown beautifully.
• Sprinkle the dried fruit over the bread.
• Pour the custard mixture over the bread and then sprinkle over cinamon.
• Bake at 180°C for 20-30 minutes.
• Pudding is best eaten warm but can be eaten cold also.

BREAD & BUTTER PUDDING WITH A TWIST

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 275°F Lightly grease a 13x9in. deep baking dish.
• Soak the raisins in the sherry while you prepare everything else, covered, stirring occasionally.
• Stir the milk, cream, sugar & vanilla in a large, heavy saucepan over medium heat until the sugar dissolves and the mixture is warm, about 10 minutes.
• Remove from the heat and allow to cool slightly.
• Whisk the whole eggs & egg yolks together in a large bowl. Very slowly, whisk in the warm milk mixture.
• Place the croissant pieces in the baking dish. Pour the custard over the croissant pieces, and sprinkle with raisins (strained out of their sherry) and a few dashes of cinnamon.
• Press gently to submerge the croissants & raisins. Let stand for 20 minutes.
• Place the baking dish in a large roasting pan. Fill the roasting pan halfway up the baking dish with boiled water. Place the roasting pan with the baking dish inside, in the oven.
• Bake until pudding is firm, 1 hour 20 minutes. Check by gently inseting a sharp knife - it should feel solid and come out clean.
• Serve warm right away, or cold the next day.

BREAD AND BUTTER PUDDING FRENCH TOAST SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Cut out an 8cm (3") circle from each slice of bread and lightly spread with butter. Divide the dried fruit between 8 bread discs and sandwich with the remaining discs, buttered sides together. Press together well.
• Beat the eggs, cream, milk and vanilla together in a shallow bowl.
• Clarify the rest of the butter, by melting and pouring off the buttery liquid into a large non-stick frying pan, leaving the white solids behind. Put the frying pan over a medium heat.
• Dip the fruit 'sandwiches' into the egg mixture until well-soaked and evenly coated. Fry the sandwiches for 2 minutes on each side until golden. Drain on kitchen paper, then dip in the caster sugar and sprinkle with cinnamon.
• Serve immediately.