Cookbook:Bread and Butter Pudding

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Bread and butter pudding by Griff Rhys Jones

from 'Taste of My Life'

Serves 4

Preparation time is less than 30 mins

Cooking time is 30 mins to 1 hour

Ingredients: 25g/1oz butter, plus extra for greasing 8 thin slices bread 50g/2oz sultanas 2 tsp ground cinnamon 350ml/12fl oz whole milk 50ml/2fl oz double cream 2 free-range eggs 25g/1oz granulated sugar grated nutmeg to taste

Method 1. Grease a 1 litre/2 pint pie dish with butter. 2. Cut the crusts off the bread. Spread each slice with on one side with butter, then cut into triangles. 3. 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. 4. Gently warm the milk in a pan over a low heat to scalding point. Don't let it boil. 5. Crack the eggs into a bowl, add three quarters of the sugar and lightly whisk until pale. 6. Add the warm milk and cream mixture and stir well, then strain the custard into a bowl. 7. Pour the custard over the prepared bread layers and sprinkle with nutmeg and the remaining sugar and leave to stand for 30 minutes. 8. Preheat the oven to 180C/355F/Gas 4. 9. Place the dish into the oven and bake for 30-40 minutes, or until the custard has set and the top is golden-brown.

Taken from the BBC Recipe website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/recipes