Bread pudding recipe?

puddy

well, i couldnt wait any longer and have now had 2 pieces of it, its really lovely

melymay

Evening Ladies,

Lurked and made copious amounts of notes BUT ..not for this !

today I have made a Banana Bready sort of thing !! was a bit heavy but served it to my Mum and Sis and they reckon it has the same texture/consistancy of my (lovely) Nans Bread pudding !!

Praise indeed. . now my Nan died about 25 years ago so no details of her pudding . . BUT ..I do remember slightly stale bread - soaked in either milk or water - with sultanas or currants with quite a lot of either mixed spice, cinnamon, allspice etc. .
was always baked in a round tin and am now yearning for the way to do it- trying what I thought was the version and failed . . any one else who makes this then please share . . would make a good treat for my family next weekend . .

NOt sure if this matters but tried a few versions but I am an Essex/Lodon Girl !!

Thanks in advance

MM x

zippychick

Hi Melymay

Welcome out of lurkerdom I hope you stay out !:j:j We're a friendly bunch really !

This thread on B&B pudding should have loads of recipes and suggestions

I am ashamed to admit I've never had it in my life so can't help you myself!

I'll merge this later once you have more ideas

Zip

melymay

Cheers Zippy,

But looking for a bread pudding recipe not bread and butter . . that's why it's been hard to find . . Maybe it's a regional thing. .

Even my aunts are struggling to replicate and they're in their 60's !!

thank thou !!

MM

zippychick

My bad ! Sorry!

Bread pudding

seraphina

OOoh, I love bread pudding! I use this Waitrose recipe:

http://www.waitrose.com/recipe/Bread_Pudding.aspx

And it works a treat. I sometimes add crushed cardamon pods to the milk. I love it because there's very little fat in bread pudding - for me I love a bit before I head off out for a run. It's supposed to be dense and squidgy.

It also freezes beautifully and is lovely with custard.

maltesers_2

This is an old traditional recipe - my OHs nanny made it every week
The recipe was given using imperial weights and I have added approximate metric conversions. However, this is the sort of recipe where precise measurements don't really matter and you can easily modify it to include other things if you want to.

This freezes well so it is worth making double quantity.


4 oz (110 gm) stale bread (it doesn't have to be stale but I thought I would give it exactly as it was given to me. You can use crusts to make this if you want to.)
2 oz (50 gm) self raising flour
3oz (75 gm)shredded suet ( originally this meant shredded beef suet but vegetable suet works equally well)
4oz (110 gm)mixed dried fruit
2oz (50 gm) sugar
¼ teaspoon allspice
¼ teaspoon cinnamon
2 eggs ? beaten
milk to mix.

Soak the bread in water for about 30 minutes or until it will break up into a mushy mess easily. Crusts will take a bit longer. Then drain off water and squeeze out surplus using your hands.

Mix all the ingredients together making sure that the bread is thoroughly brok
en up - there shouldn't be any identifiable bits of bread in the mixture - and add enough milk to give a dropping consistency. ( So it drops easily off a spoon.)

Put the mixture into a well greased ovenproof dish or foil container and bake for about an hour at 180/350 degrees.

Sprinkle with sugar, white or brown as you wish, while still hot and I dare you to resist eating it immediately.


Nanny used to make it in a round enamel dish if you double the quantity use a larger container. I use mixed spice not allspice and a bit more than the recipe says.

Owl

Put whatever stale bread you have into a colander, run under cold tap until it is well squidgy and you can wring it out !! (sounds gross written down!!), wring it out and put in bowl add some mixed fruit (lots,my nanna said you had to stand in your kitchen and do it, not next doors!!! ie put in loads), teaspoon or so of mixed spice, dark brown sugar to taste, a dollop of marg (about two "eat your pudding large spoons). Press into greased bakeing sheet and cook, gas 4, 180 C, until a knife goes in and comes out clean.......

Sorry its not exact but it is how i was taught,

Owl x

soupdragon10

I well remember my late father soaking stale bread to use in bread puddings, which if I recall also used dried fruit, spices and sugar?

He didn't follow a recipe, and I have absolutely no idea how he made this, but it was scrummy and an excellent way to use up old bread, or he'd buy very cheap loaves reduced at the supermarket (those uber cheap sliced loaves).

I do remember it was amazingly filling, and would like to have a tried and tested recipe if possible.

Apologies if I've posted this in the wrong place, but I'm still finding my way around the various forums

rosieben

we have a recipe for bread pudding in the Grocery challenge recipe index - post #6

also check out this thread