White Ladies Pudding Nuns Bread And Butter Pudding Food

WHITE LADIES PUDDING - NUN'S BREAD AND BUTTER PUDDING

Steps:

• Scatter half the coconut over the base of a buttered pie dish.
• Cut the buttered bread into triangles and arrange in the pie dish. Sprinkle with the remaining coconut.
• Heat the milk until warm; add a few drops of vanilla essence and just a pinch of salt.
• Add the beaten eggs and sugar to the milk and vanilla mixture, and pour over the bread.
• Leave to soak for 30 minutes, then place the pie dish in a roasting tin and pour in enough hot water to come halfway up the sides of the dish.
• Bake for 30-40 minutes Gas 4/180ºC/350ºF until set, golden brown and well risen.
• Serve with custard, cream or ice-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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BREAD AND BUTTER PUDDING

Steps:

• Grease a large ovenproof casserole dish with some of the butter.
• Slice the bread and butter it.
• Place them in layers in the bowl, sprinkling the fruit on top of each layer.
• Whisk the eggs.
• Whisk the milk, cream, sugar and vanilla essence.
• Combine the eggs and the milk mixture.
• pour on top of the bread and fruit and leave to soak for about 2 hours, (until the bread is saturated). If there isn't enough liquid to cover the bread, add more milk and/or cream.
• Sprinkle the top with grated nutmeg.
• Bake in a medium oven for approximately 1 hour.
• The top should be golden brown, and the pudding will rise.
• Serve.

IRISH BREAD AND BUTTER PUDDING

Steps:

• Spread bread slices out on a cutting board and leave out for a few hours to stale a bit.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a small bowl, combine the sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt, set aside.
• Spread butter evenly over the six slices of bread (one side only-not both!), and cut the slices in to fourths.
• Spray a round 8 or 9 inch baking dish with non-stick cooking spray. Arrange the cut bread slices around in the pan to make somewhat of a spiral pattern , keeping the buttered side up and the cut edges facing the same direction.
• Sprinkle the raisins evenly over the top, followed by the cinnamon/sugar mixture.
• Whisk the eggs and milk together in a bowl and pour over the bread. Allow to sit for 15 minutes so that the bread can absorb the liquid.
• Bake for about 30 minutes, or until the top is golden brown. Serve warm. If desired, sprinkle some powdered sugar for garnish. In Ireland, they like to pour a bit of cream on top.