How To Make Bread Pudding

OK , now .

It's been quite a while since I did a recipe video , so I thought I'd put that right .

So here's a recipe for bread pudding .

Now bread pudding is a solution to a problem of not wanting to waste bread .

So very often in my house , we'll find we've got maybe half a loaf of bread or something left over .

It's not stale or mouldy .

It's perhaps just not as fresh as it was when it was first bought .

And often this will coincide with somebody buying a new loaf of bread .

And , of course , if you've got a new loaf of bread and it's soft and fluffy , you're gonna take a slice out of that bag , aren't you ?

Not from the other one .

So we end up with half a loaf of kind of not quite so fresh bread .

Now you shouldn't feed white bread to ducks .

So what are you gonna do with this ?

Half a loaf of white bread ?

Well , make bread pudding .

That's the answer .

So here's the recipe for bread pudding , so you need about 500 grammes of bread , about half a sliced loaf .

Tear the bread up into little pieces .

This takes a bit of a while , and actually it's easier to do with bread that's gone a little bit stale and stiff .

So put that in a big bowl .

You'll need a big bowl and then add about half a kilo of dried fruit .

Now you can just use raisins .

But this is also a chance to use up odds and ends of dried fruit that you might have in the cupboard half bags of this and that .

So I actually had quite an assortment of odds and ends of fruit in the cupboard , so we ended up with some currents here .

Chopped dates .

We've got some cranberries , mango , and finally , we've got some prunes .

Now these prints will need cutting up , and it's always worth checking prunes to make sure that there isn't a stone lurking inside them .

Because if somebody bites into that and breaks tooth , they won't thank you .

And just for a little bit of extra moisture and flavour , we're gonna peel and core a couple of apples and then chop them up into fine pieces and mix them into , and we're just gonna add the grated outer rind .

That's the zest of one lemon , so we just mix the fruit in with the bread , and then we're gonna take about 100 and 50 grammes of white sugar and mix in maybe two teaspoons full of mixed spice .

Now , this is a mixture of cinnamon , nutmeg , ginger and probably all spice .

You might find this labelled pudding spice .

Then we're gonna take 500 mil of milk and add two eggs and beat that together , and we just pour that over the top of the pieces of bread and fruit .

And finally , 100 grammes of butter , which we just melted in the microwave .

And we'll pour that over the top of the mixture , and now we just mix it and mix it and mix it with a large spoon until it all kind of comes together and the bread starts to break apart and soften .

Now you can .

If you've got clean hands , just get your hands in there and squeeze it and mash it together and just combine the ingredients by hand .

Once that's fully combined , preheat your oven to 100 and 80 C .

Line a big tray with grease paper , pour the mixture in , flatten it down and then bake that in the oven for an hour and a half .

When it's done , it should look nice and golden brown like this , and as soon as it comes out of the oven , Sprinkle about a tablespoon full of demora sugar over the top .

Wait for it to cool a little bit and then cut into generous portions .

Now this can be warm or left to go cold .

It's equally nice either way , so there we go .

That's bread pudding .

Brilliant solution to having leftover bread , and this will keep for several days .

Thanks for watching , and I hope to see you again soon .