Snacks and Light Meals Recipes -
Bread and Butter Pudding
Recipe
Desserts
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Bread and Butter
Pudding Recipe
Ingredients
Serves
4
40 g/1 1/2 oz butter
4 slices of white bread,
crusts removed
4 tablespoons apricot jam
25 g/1 oz chopped mixed
peel
25 g/1 oz sultanas
450 ml/3/4 pint milk
2 tablespoons sugar
2 eggs, beaten
Method:
Grease a 1.2
liter/2 pint ovenproof serving dish
with one-third of the butter.
Butter the bread
and spread with the apricot jam. Cut the slices
into small triangles. Layer the bread in the
dish, sprinkling the mixed peel and sultanas
between the layers.
Place the milk and sugar in
a saucepan and heat to just below boiling point.
Remove from the heat and whisk in the eggs.
Strain the mixture over the bread and leave to
soak for 30 minutes.
Place the dish in a
roasting tin and fill with water to halfway up
the sides; bake in a preheated oven, 180°C
(350°F), Gas Mark 4, for 45 minutes.
Increase
the heat to 190°C (375°F), Gas Mark 5, and cook
for a further 10-15 minutes until crisp and
golden on top and just set. Serve at once.