Anyone watching the calories turn away now!!! I was looking through recipes for bread and butter pudding and found this delectable version of this classic dessert where someone decided to take it quite a few steps further, in the direction of dessert heaven!!!
INGREDIENTS
1 Brioche loaf, crusts removed and reserved, remainder into cubes (an ordinary bread loaf will do too)
50g chopped hazelnuts
200g chocolate and hazelnut spread
2 bananas, sliced
125g good quality dark chocolate, roughly chopped
400ml whole milk
400ml whipping cream
7 eggs
75g sugar
Butter for greasing
METHOD
Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Grease a large baking dish with butter.
Bake the reserved brioche crusts in the oven until golden-brown. Remove the crusts from the oven and crumble into breadcrumbs. Mix the breadcrumbs and chopped nuts together in a bowl. Set aside.
Use 50g/2oz of the chocolate and hazelnut spread to spread the reserved brioche cubes and place them into the baking dish.
Add the banana slices and chocolate and mix until well combined.
Heat the remaining chocolate and hazelnut spread, milk and cream in a saucepan, stirring continuously until well combined.
Meanwhile, whisk the eggs and sugar together in a large bowl. Whisk in the cream mixture until well combined.
Pour the chocolate custard over the bread mixture and set aside for 30 minutes, pressing the bread into the custard occasionally.
Bake the pudding in the oven for 10 minutes, then sprinkle over the breadcrumb mixture and bake for a further 25 minutes, or until golden-brown and the custard has just set.
Remove the pudding from the oven and set aside to stand for at least 10 minutes.
Androulla xxx
Enjoy!
