British Bread Pudding Food

BRITISH BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, combine bread and milk, and set aside to soak for 5 minutes. Then stir in egg, butter, raisins, mixed fruit, brown sugar, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Mix well. Press the mixture into a 9-inch square baking pan.
• Bake in preheated oven until golden and firm to touch, about 35 minutes. Leave in baking pan to cool, then cut into squares.

BRITISH BREAD AND BUTTER PUDDING

Steps:

• Butter the slices all over, both sides and line the dish.
• Sprinkle over the dried fruit or other fruits (fig and banana -- ).
• Sprinkle approximately 2TB brown sugar over that and add a cover of more buttered bread, covering all the fruit.
• Pierce the bread a few times and then slowly pour over the milk, letting it all soak into the bread before adding more. When the bread is really sopping with milk sprinkle about 1TB more brown sugar over the top and then a little cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg.
• Bake in a low oven, approx 140C, 275F, for a couple of hours until it rises up and the sugar caramelizes on top.
• Serve hot with ice cream or cold with custard.

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.

STICKY TOFFEE PUDDING

Steps:

• For the pudding: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Add the dates and 3/4 cup water to a small saucepan and heat over medium-high heat until boiling. Turn the heat down to low and simmer until the water has slightly reduced and the dates are beginning to soften, about 3 minutes. Turn off the heat, then cover the saucepan and let sit for 10 minutes.
• Transfer the dates and liquid to a food processor fitted with the blade attachment. Process until smooth. Pour the date mixture into a bowl and cool to room temperature.
• Add the flour, baking powder and salt to a mixing bowl. Whisk to break up any lumps of flour. Set aside the dry ingredients. Add the brown sugar and butter to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Cream the butter and sugar together, scraping down the bowl as needed, until fluffy and lighter in color, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the egg and beat until it is evenly combined. Add the orange zest and vanilla and mix until incorporated. Add half of the flour mixture to the butter mixture. Mix until incorporated, then add the date mixture. Mix until well combined, then add the remaining flour mixture. Mix until just combined.
• Spray 8 of the cups in a 12-cup muffin pan with the cooking spray. Fill the greased cups with 1/3 cup batter each. Bake until puffed and golden brown, about 20 minutes.
• For the whiskey toffee sauce: Meanwhile, add the heavy whipping cream, brown sugar, butter, vanilla and salt to a small saucepan and heat over medium-high heat. Stir the mixture continuously until the butter is melted. Bring the mixture to a boil, then turn the heat down to medium-low and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 2 minutes. Add the whiskey and continue to simmer until the sauce has slightly darkened in color, an additional 2 minutes. Turn the heat off and keep covered until ready to serve.
• Cool the puddings in the pan on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Once the puddings are cool enough to handle, remove them from the muffin pan using an offset spatula. Trim the domed tops from the puddings and set them on serving plates, cut-side down. Pour the warm whiskey toffee sauce over the puddings and serve immediately.

BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Tear 500g white or wholemeal bread into a large mixing bowl and add 500g mixed dried fruit, 85g mixed peel and 1 ½ tbsp mixed spice.
• Pour in 600ml milk, then stir or scrunch through your fingers to mix everything well and completely break up the bread.
• Add 2 beaten large eggs, 140g light muscovado sugar and zest of 1 lemon, if using. Stir well, then set aside for 15 mins to soak.
• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Butter and line the base of a 20cm non-stick square cake tin (not one with a loose base).
• Stir the melted butter into the pudding mixture, tip into the tin, then scatter with demerara.
• Bake for 1½ hrs until firm and golden, covering with foil if it starts to brown too much. Turn out of the tin and strip off the paper. Cut into squares and serve warm.

BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• break the bread up into small pieces and place it ino a bowl and cover with water and leave to stand for 30mins
• preheat the oven to 180C/gas mark 4
• squess all the water out of the bread a sieve is quite handy for this and then crumble this into a mixing bowl
• add the sugar spice fruit and the fruit juices and zest and mix well together
• melt the butter in a saucepan then add this and mix well you are looking for a dropping consistency add a little milk if you need to
• Pour into a greased roasting dish approx 250mm x 300mm and bake for 90 mins at 180c gas mark 4 cover with greaseproof paper if it starts to get too brown it should be firm to the touch then spinkle with caster sugar and cut into 12