What can I do with breadcrumbs?

mrs-moneypenny

is this the sort of thing you mean?


Cheese Pudding
serves 4

1 pint milk
2oz breadcrumbs
8oz grated cheese
4 eggs
1/2 level tsp french mustard
salt & pepper to taste

bring milk to boil in pan, place bread crumbs in a bowl pour hot milk over and stir in the cheese. Add the lightly beaten eggs mustard and seasoning.
butter a large shallow oven proof dish and pour in the cheese pudding mixture.
bake at 180*C (350*F) gas mark 4 for about 45mins until lightly set and golden.

serve at once with salad.

I made this a couple of weeks ago DH response was its a 'bit bready' but it all went and they would eat it again.

carriebradshaw

I use them to coat fish cakes or turkey burgers and also put them in beef burgers and meatloaf too

princess_leia_3

Before you turn it into bread crumbs, just cube the bread and make bread pudding, its what I do and its lovely!

Bread Pudding
350g stale bread
150g of dried fruit - sultanas/raisins/currants
125g sugar
grated nutmeg/mixed spice (i just sprinkled a bit in 1/2 tsp)
75g melted marg/butter
1 large egg

Soak the bread in cold water (I used an old tea bag to make some tea and then cooled that) for at least an hour
Squeeze it out and mix with the fruit, sugar, spice, egg, marg.
Turn into greased tin/dish and slow cook on gas 3-4 for 1.5 hours.
Leave to cool in dish.

paddy's_mum

I whizz some of mine right down and then add whatever herbs or spices face me when I open the larder door. Quick shake and into a jar ready for home made KFC (except I bake in the oven rather than fry) and a slightly different taste each time depending how generous I was with the different seasoning.

JoeyEmma

Queen of puddings
http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/queen-of-puddings,1935,RC.html

In Southern Itraly they don't use Parmesan on top of pasta. They fry breadcrumbs until crispy (sometimes with garlic and or chili) and sprinkle it on top of pasta. I make a cheap pasta by frying 2 rashers bacon per person, frying breadcrumbs with garlic and chilli and mixing it all into linguine (inc bacon fat). I read about it in Nigel slater's appetite and it is yummy.
I freeze my breadcrumbs and just take a hnadful out the freezer when I need them.

Pink.

Hi Desperate Housewife,

There's an older thread with lots of suggestions that should help so I've added your thread to it to keep all the ideas together.

Pink

sb44

Well, because my granary loaf sank, the edges around the top were quite crispy.

They were edible but I lost a couple of slices because of this and ended up putting the hard bits into a bag in the fridge until I decided what I could do with them!

So, the question is, what do other HM bread makers use their breadcrumbs for?

dan1979

Bulking out meatballs, breadcrumb coating for chicken. Sprinkled on top of stews/bakes.

MRSMCAWBER

hi there

I always make my own stuffing with leftover hm bread... much tastier and more filling than the packet stuff....
Or as dan said....meatballs/burgers,
or use mixed with grated cheese for a crispy topping for cauliflower cheese etc

ubamother

i dry them out in a low oven, then crush until fine (in the liquidiser) then use them for instant coatings for hm fish fingers, chicken goujons, fishcakes. If dried out well, they keep for months in a jar in my cupboard.