Mary Mahoneys Bread Pudding Recipe 395

Steps:

• BREAD PUDDING: In bowl combine eggs, cinnamon and nutmeg. Mix well. Add to this mixture sugar, milk, cream and vanilla extract. Mi well. Cut up bread in bitesize pieces in baking dish (about 1 1/2 quarts). Add raisins and melted butter to bread. Pour mixture over bread. Bake about 30 minutes or until it is golden brown. RUM SAUCE: In sauce pan melt butter, add flour. Mix well. Add scalded milk and sugar. Cook over low heat until thick. Beat in eggs and remove from heat. Add nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla and rum. Serve over pudding.

Steps:

• Break bread in small pieces in 1 12-quart baking dish. Sprinkle cinnamon over bread and add raisins and melted butter. Lightly toast bread mixture in oven at about 350° (10-15 minutes or so). Then add mixture of eggs, sugar, milk, and vanilla after mixing well. Bake about 30 minutes or until solid. Traditionally served with rum sauce (whisk together butter, powdered sugar, and a little rum).

Steps:

• Tear 500g white or wholemeal bread into a large mixing bowl and add 500g mixed dried fruit, 85g mixed peel and 1 ½ tbsp mixed spice.
• Pour in 600ml milk, then stir or scrunch through your fingers to mix everything well and completely break up the bread.
• Add 2 beaten large eggs, 140g light muscovado sugar and zest of 1 lemon, if using. Stir well, then set aside for 15 mins to soak.
• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Butter and line the base of a 20cm non-stick square cake tin (not one with a loose base).
• Stir the melted butter into the pudding mixture, tip into the tin, then scatter with demerara.
• Bake for 1½ hrs until firm and golden, covering with foil if it starts to brown too much. Turn out of the tin and strip off the paper. Cut into squares and serve warm.