Here is a nice English recipe for a traditional dessert called
'Bread & Butter Pudding".
12 medium slices of white bread
50g unsalted butter
8 egg yolks
175g caster sugar
a few drops of vanilla essence
½ pint of mils
½ pint double cream
25g sultanas
25g raisins
Butter the bread on both sides & remove the crusts, cut in half
diagonally to create triangles
Whisk the egg yolks and caster sugar together in a bowl
Put vanilla essence, milk and cream in a pan and bring to the
simmer and sieve it onto the egg yolks, stirring all the
time.
This is the custard.
Arrange the bread in layers in the basin, sprinkle with sultanas
and raisins in between layers.
The final layer of bread should not have and raisins or
sultanas.
Pour the warm custard over the bread, and leave to soak in for 20
minutes.
Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees.
Once the bread has been soaked for 20 mins, place the dish in a
roasting tray three quarters filled with warm water.
Lightly cover with buttered foil and put in oven.
Cook for 20 to 30 minutes until pudding begins to set. It shouldnt
become too firm.
Remove from oven and sprinkle liberally with caster sugar then
graze until the grill.
The sugar will caramelize.
Thats all. Enjoy.
