This Recipe is part of the Taste of Ireland St. Patrick’s Day Menu
A homey dessert, bread and butter pudding has been showing up in recent years, with various refinements, on menus at good restaurants all over Ireland. This is a traditional version.
Ingredients
2 tbsp butter
8 thick slices from a pullman loaf or another good quality white bread, crusts trimmed
1/2 cup (75 g) sultanas (golden raisins)
2 tbsp candied orange or lemon peel, minced
3/4 cup (150 g) sugar
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
2 eggs
1 cup (240) ml cream
3 cups (720) ml milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp brown sugar
Directions
1. Preheat the oven to 350°F/175°C (Gas Mark 4). Butter the bread on one side, then break each slice into large pieces. Put into a 2-qt/2-L rectangular baking dish, then mix in the sultanas and orange or lemon peel.
2. In a small bowl, mix one-quarter of the white sugar, the nutmeg, and cinnamon, and then sprinkle the mixture over the bread.
3. In a small bowl, lightly beat the eggs with the remaining sugar; then whisk in the cream, milk, and vanilla extract. Pour the mixture over the bread, and then dust the top with brown sugar.
4. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes, or until all liquid is absorbed and top is golden brown.
Serves 6
Excerpted from The Country Cooking of Ireland by Colman Andrews. Photography by Christopher Hirsheimer. Text copyright © 2009 by Colman Andrews. Photo copyright © 2009 by Christopher Hirsheimer. Excerpted by permission of Chronicle Books. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher. Buy the book!
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