Apple bread pudding
This bread pudding a kind of bread and butter pud with an Eve’s pudding vibe from the fruit, and we like it made with brioche instead of ordinary bread. Warm and comforting, it’s just right on a cold night.
Ingredients
- 75²µ/2½´Ç³ú raisins
- 100ml/3½fl oz cold tea
- 3 apples or pears or a mixture of both
- squeeze lemon juice
- 400ml/14fl oz full-fat milk
- 125g/4½oz unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing
- 3 free-range eggs
- 100g/3½oz soft brown sugar
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ large bread loaf, can be a bit stale (or brioche)
- 1 tbsp brown sugar crystals
- ice cream, custard or soured cream, to serve
Method
First put the raisins in a small bowl, add the cold tea and leave them to soak.
Peel, core and slice the apples or pears and keep them fresh in a bowl of water with a squeeze of lemon juice.
Grease a baking dish and preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 4.
Gently warm the milk in a saucepan, then add the butter and allow it to melt. Set the milk and butter aside to cool to lukewarm.
Put the eggs, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla in a bowl and beat with an electric hand whisk until well combined. Whisk in the buttery milk.
Tear the bread into pieces, keeping the crusts on or off depending on how posh you are, and layer them in the greased baking dish. Strain the raisins, discarding the tea, and scatter them over the bread, then top with the sliced fruit. Pour in the batter and sprinkle on brown sugar crystals.
Bake for 30 minutes, or until the pudding has set and has a golden crust on top.
Serve with ice cream or custard, or try some soured cream for a change.
