Bread and Butter Pudding

Name: Bread and Butter Pudding
Prep time: 53 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h 33 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 oz butter; 8 bread; 1 ¾ oz sultanas; 2 tsp cinnamon; 1 ⅓ cups + 2 tbsp milk; 3 ½ tbsp heavy cream; 2 eggs; 1 oz sugar; grated, to taste nutmeg

A British dessert. Ready in about 1 hour 33 minutes. Difficulty: medium.

53 minPrep (about)
40 minCook (about)
1 hr 33 minTotal time
4Servings
MediumDifficulty

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Ingredients

How many people?

− 4 people +

Recipe makes 4

1 oz butter
8 bread Shopping tip: Day-old white or Italian bread.
1 ¾ oz sultanas Shopping tip: Golden raisins (UK: sultanas).
1 ⅓ cups + 2 tbsp milk
3 ½ tbsp heavy cream Shopping tip: Heavy cream or heavy whipping cream (UK: double cream).
2 eggs
1 oz sugar

Spices & seasonings (2): cinnamon, nutmeg

2 tsp cinnamon
grated, to taste nutmeg

How to make it

Steps in our own plain words.

Grease 4 ¼ cups pie dish using butter.
Cut the crusts off the bread.
Spread every slice with on one side with butter.
Cut into triangles.
Arrange layer of bread, buttered-side up, in your bottom of the dish.
Add a layer of sultanas.
Sprinkle with a little cinnamon.
Repeat your layers of bread plus sultanas, sprinkling with cinnamon, till you have used up all of your bread.
Finish with a layer of bread.
Set aside.
Warm your milk plus cream in pan over low heat to scalding point.
Don't let it boil.
Crack the eggs into a bowl.
Add three quarters of your sugar and lightly whisk until pale.
Add the warm milk and cream mixture.
Stir well.
Strain the custard into a bowl.
Pour your custard over the prepared bread layers.
Sprinkle with nutmeg and the remaining sugar.
Leave to stand for 30 minutes.
Turn the oven on to 355°F.
Place the dish into the oven.
Bake for 30-40 minutes, till your custard has set plus the top is golden-brown.