Bread Pudding

[dinger]

While in town the other day I brought a slice of Bread pudding . I am rather partial to this and it was the best I have ever tasted . It was so full of fruit and lovely and moist .I have had it many times before but it is usually dry and stodgy. Does anyone have a good recipe for this my grand-daughter would love to make some . xxx

[buecherwurm]

I don't even know what bread pudding is. So a recipe would be nice.

[dinger]

Oh if you have'nt had bread pudding you really must try it . Only thing is if you are on a diet leave alone I think . I risk a pound or two just because I can't resist love it.

[keepersdaughter]

I have a couple of bread pudding recipes, one for chocolate bread pudding and another for bread pudding with whisky sauce. I'll dig them out later Dinger, I just got up and still in jammies. Really late today, had a long day yesterday (7 hours of driving and then not much sleep, still hot here - roll on autumn).

[dinger]

Thank you keepers I will get Sophie my grand-daughter to make them for me she is 15 and is a lovely little cook . She enjoyes trying new things . x

[Salle de Bain]

Hi Dinger,

My brother-in-law adds a few slugs of Bayleys Irish Cream to his bread pudding recipe.. it's yummy.....

[Crocus]

I must dig up my recipe for a change. Haven't made this pud for quite a while. xx

[keepersdaughter]

Dinger, I haven't forgotten your bread pud recipes, I just can't find them. 'Organised' my recipes and some paperwork last month, now have no idea where I put em :o. :confused::( .

[dinger]

no worry Keepers I'm sure they will turn up at sometime and then you will remember me .


Hi Sally that sounds delicious with Baily's Irish Cream I like that as a treat anyway .Got my taste buds going.

[keepersdaughter]

Dinger, here's a recipe I found for Bread pudding, I haven't tried it but it looks quite good. It's not the one I was looking for or the chocolate one for that matter. I'm on the lookout for the others though.

Bread Pudding:

Ingredients:
-2 cups (16oz) (1pt) milk - would use full milk rather than low fat-even mix half milk & half single cream -( this is probably not good for those of us supposingly watching weight :p
-1/4 cup (2oz) butter
-2/3 cup (5oz) sugar
-3 eggs
-2 teaspoons cinnamon
-1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
-1 teaspoon vanilla extract
-3 cups bread, (about 24oz) torn into small pieces (french bread works best and day old is better)
-1/2 cup (4oz) raisins or berries or nuts (optional)
Directions:
1. In medium saucepan, over medium heat, heat milk just until film forms over top. Combine butter and milk, stirring until butter is melted. Cool to lukewarm.
2. Combine sugar, eggs, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla. Beat with an electric mixer at medium speed for 1 minute. Slowly add milk mixture.
3. Place bread in a lightly greased 1 1/2 quart casserole.
4. Sprinkle with raisins or berries if desired. Pour batter on top of bread.
5. Bake at 350 degrees F for 45 to 50 minutes or until set. Serve warm.

And here's a recipe for Bread and Butter pudding from a Woman's Own cookbook I have dated from 1965:

Bread and butter pudding
3oz stale bread
butter
sultanas
grated lemon rind
1 pt milk
2 eggs
sugar to taste
Cut some thin slices of stale bread, remove crusts, cut into neat squares and butter. Put about half of bread and butter into buttered pie dish, then a handful of sultanas and a little grated lemon rind, then the rest of bread with a few sultanas on the top. Beat the eggs and add them to the milk with sugar to taste, pour into pie dish. Leave to soak for 1/2 hour then put into (the pie dish) a tin of water and bake in a moderate oven for about 30 mins.

I think this is the sort of bread pud my Mum used to make, but I remember she sprinkled sugar on the top too. I haven't tried making this kind, I usually make one more along the lines of the top one. Anyway, hope these are useful and if you do make one hope it turns out well :). And Sally's suggestion of adding some Baileys, now you're talking...:D

[Crocus]

Hi KD, the second recipe is more or less like my mum's. I'm going to try these, it looks yummy!

[TIGGYWINKLE]

I do the second one too crocus, but add a slosh of cream in with the milk. The other bread pudding I love is Queen of Puddings. 11/2 oz breadcumbs,1/2 pint of milk,1/2 oz butter, grated rind of a lemon, i egg yolk, 1 tblsp raspberry jam and the egg white and 2 oz sugar for the meringue.
Heat butter, milk, lemon rind, till butter is melted. Add sugar and dissolve. Beat egg yolk, and pour milk on to it. Put breadcrumbs into a bowl, and pour egg and milk over them. Turn in to well greased pie dish. Place on flat tin, and bake for 40 mins till set in mod.oven. Heat jam, and pour over pudding, Beat egg white till stiff, and fold in castor sugar. Pile on top of jam, and return to very cool oven till meringue is set and dried out. Allow to brown slightly. Yummy.

[franbee]

Don't want to deflate anyone, but are we talking about the same bread pudding? All these recipes are for a delicious soft dessert whereas Dinger bought a slice of it. I know that different names are used over the country, and I did look up lardy cake just in case.

[TIGGYWINKLE]

I think so Franbee, as both will slice especially when cold.

[dinger]

Thank you girls I will be giving them a go . I think the second recipe you put on Keepers sounds more like the one I mean . I remember my mum making it and know she used to soak the bread but think somewhere in it was suet and brown sugar as well as the fruit . I have a real liking for all these puddings also love treacle pudding and apple charlotte as well. xxx

[Crocus]

My mum's recipe is bread slices in cut in half, diagonally. Some recipes again says cut into little cubes. I think perhaps it's a matter off taste. I prefer the sliced bread actually.

[keepersdaughter]

Dinger, when I was home in May I bought an old copy of Mrs Beetons's All about Cookery, it has a recipe using suet. can you still buy suet OK?. I'll post it just in case it's more like the recipe you're after:

bread Pudding
4oz stale bread
4oz currants, or raisons or sultanas
2 oz brown sugar
2oz finely chopped suet
1oz chopped peel
1/2 tsp mixed spice
1 egg
a little milk
Break bread into small pieces and soak in cold water for at least 1/2 hour, then strain and squeeze as dry as possible. Put into basin and beat out lumps with a fork. Add dried fruit, sugar, suet, peel, and mixed spice and mix well. Add egg and enough milk to enable mixture to drop easily from the spoon. Put into a greased tin. Bake in a warm oven (335 deg. (yes it says 335)/gas 3 for about 1 hour. When done, turn out on to a hot dish. Dredge with sugar and serve with custard. 5-6 helpings.

Well, three quite different recipes. Interesting to know how they turn out if you make one.

[dinger]

Yes Keepers I think that would have been the one my mum used . Thank you so much for posting them on for me will let you know how I get on .xxx

[Rustic Pumpkin]

Don't want to deflate anyone, but are we talking about the same bread pudding? All these recipes are for a delicious soft dessert whereas Dinger bought a slice of it. I know that different names are used over the country, and I did look up lardy cake just in case.

To me, it looks like everyone is talking two different puds here. The first, which is often sold in slices in bakeries is Bread Pudding, the second, which is generally much softer and has a custardy sauce is Bread and Butter Pudding. I don't have recipes for either. On the rare occassion that I make Bread Pudding I serve it warm with golden syryp. I most often make Bread and Butter Pudding. In fact, today I bought some Chelsea Buns simply to let them go stale to make a B&B pud in a couple of days.

All I will do is slice the buns and thickly butter them (I have a friend who also puts marmalade) then tear into chunks into an oven proof dish, add lots of spice (to taste, I use nutmeg and cinammon) extra dried fruit if desired (but of course!) and pour over an egg and milk mixture with a dash of vanilla extract. Leave to soak then bake in a moderate oven until set. The afore-mentioned friend leaves hers to soak overnight in the fridge. Best served warm, and if you want to with ice cream, custard or cream.

Oh, and said friend is also partial to breaking up a bar of chocolate into the pudding. I guess anything goes, as I often make savoury ones out of sandwiches, same principle, but add dill to salmon and grainy mustard to cheese instead of spices.

[dinger]

Oooh I had a slice of lovely bread pudding today .

[franbee]

Will you ask for the recipe next time, dinger? It's causing a lot of debate on here!

[Crocus]

I've got a little booklet "Home Comforts" (Country Homes and Interiors) and found this recipe:

"Luxurious bread and butter pudding.
Serves 6 to 8.

You will need
50 g raisins
Zest and juice of a orange
40g softened butter
6 medium slices white bread, crusts removed.
300 ml milk
300 ml double cream
1 large egg and 3 egg yolks
6 tbsps caster sugar
half tsp. vanilla essence

1. Mix raisins, orange zest and juice, soak for 10 minutes. Preheat oven to 170C/325F/Gas 3.

2. Butter the bread, then halve slices diagonally. Beat milk, cream, eggs, 4 tbsps sugar and vanilla.

3. Place 4 slices of bread in a 900 ml overnproof dish, then overlap two on top. Scatter raisins and orange juice, pour on milk mixture, leave for 15 minutes. Top with remaining sugar.

4. Put dish in a roasting tin, pour boiling water half way up outside. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, until set in middle and golden.

[jazzactivist]

I can vaguely remember my gran making a kind of solid pudding with bread, sultanas and spice. I think that we used to eat wedges of it with whatever sauce was available. I don't like bread and butter pudding, as it is too soft and sloshy for me, but I'll give Rustic Pumpkin's method a go and see what happens. I have some day old bread with sesame seeds on, do you think that it will do?

[Crocus]

Day old bread is fine, I'm not completely sure about the sesame seeds Jazz. It might be a bit overpowering?

[Crocus]

Hi girls, if you want bread pudding recipes ~ here's a lot!

http://www.recipe-ideas.co.uk/bread-pudding-recipes.htm

[dinger]

Thank you crocus my mum used to make lovely bread pudding . I am going to ask the man in our bakers how he makes his and will let you know if he tells me .

[Crocus]

Hi Dinger, thanks that will be quite helpful as you can see there's a lot of different recipes. I've noticed two varieties on this recipe, one with sliced bread, the other with bread cut in cubes. xxx