Stale Bread - what to do with it?

phizzimum

definitely whizz it up and freeze - there are lots of ways to use breadcrumbs - treacle tart, meatloaf/meatballs are just a couple that spring to mind

twentypenceoff

im sure someone knows the recipe but theres some kind of summer pudding which has bread in a mound over red fruits with a red fruit sauce

thriftlady_2

Easy peasy French recipe for using stale loaves here. Even if you don't speak or read French the video is pretty self explanatory.

The ingredients are

I stale loaf
2 or 3 eggs
600 ml warm milk
4 tablespoons of sugar (or to taste)
some butter
raisins, apples or other chopped fresh fruit or dried fruit (chunks of chocolate would be good too).

Patchwork_Quilt

I find that three or four teenagers and a sandwich toaster will demolish a loaf of 'stale' bread quite easily and you just have to leave them to it.

Valli

another vote for my favourite - bread and butter pudding.
(which incidentally is delightful if you get a whoopsied fruit tea loaf or can be poshed up with a slug of brandy...or soak the fruit in brandy for a while)

***sigh***

hex2

twentypenceoff wrote: »

im sure someone knows the recipe but theres some kind of summer pudding which has bread in a mound over red fruits with a red fruit sauce

Slice your bread thinly - cut off the crusts if you want to. Line a pudding bowl with bread. Mixed red fruits (ideally including redcurrants) stewed with some sugar and a little water to taste - Aldi frozen summer fruits with a bit of sugar is lovely. Layer fruit mix and bread in your bowl till it is full finishing with bread. Plate on the top and then a weight on the plate, or tuen it over if your plate is too big. Leave it in the fridge over night so all the juice soaks through the bread. Serve with cream or ice cream.

Desperate_Housewife_2-2

slice up the entire loaf and freeze. Take out a slice at a time for toast.

Bombchelle

Melba toast?

http://www.cookitsimply.com/recipe-0010-0331n7.html

maryb

Rather than crumbling it up into breadcrumbs I find it's better to cut it into small cubes and then freeze it. If you need breadcrumbs you can process the frozen cubes in a food processor because they are fairly small, but it means you can still make croutons for soup or salad from them which you can't if you have whizzed them small right from the start.

Favourite uses for stale bread are bread sauce to have with chicken or Queen of Puddings which is an all time favourite in this house

SailorSam

If it's a nice day tomorrow, take the kids to the park and they can feed the ducks.