Baked Bread Pudding
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2 hours 40 min
This Maltese dessert is a great way of making use of stale bread. It's chocolately and packed full of fruit and nuts. Simple, rich and delicious.
Josiemizzi
3 people made this
Ingredients
Serves: 20
- 1 loaf day old bread
- 375g caster sugar
- 2 tablespoons custard powder
- 2 tablespoons cornflour
- 4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 500g mixed dried fruit
- 250g almonds, divided
- 250g glace cherries, halved, divided
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 tablespoons whisky
Method
Prep:25min ›
Cook:45min ›
Extra time:1hr30min soaking ›
Ready in:2hr40min
- Tear bread into small pieces, put in the bowl, cover with water and soak for 1 1/2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 200 C / Gas 4.
- Place bread in a colander and mash between your hands, draining all the liquid.
- Transfer to a large bowl and add sugar, custard powder, cornflour and cocoa.
- Stir in beaten eggs and mix well.
- Add dried fruit, 1/2 of the almonds and 1/2 of the glace cherries. Add vanilla essence and whisky, mix well.
- Pour into a baking dish and decorate with remaining almonds and cherries.
- Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes. Check by inserting a skewer into the centre of the pudding, if it comes out clean, it's ready.
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That recipe seems very much like the Maltese one that I have sern ,yum, I am glad I found this one. I shouldn't but I am going to make this one - 09 May 2016 (Review from Allrecipes AU | NZ)