Recipes

The ultimate comfort food, use leftover fruit bread or croissants instead of bread to recreate this winter warmer.

Preparation Time: 15 Minutes

Cooking Time: 1 Hour (+ 30 Minutes Soaking)

Serves: 8

Ingredients:

• 8 slices day-old crusty white bread , crusts removed
• 50g very soft butter
• 4 tbsp Seville orange marmalade , plus 4 tsp
• 300ml full-fat milk
• 248ml pot double cream
• 3 large eggs
• seeds 1 vanilla pod
• 4 tbsp golden caster sugar
• 1 tbsp whisky
• icing sugar , for dusting

Method:

• STEP 1

  Butter each piece of bread on both sides, then spread 4 with the 1 tbsp marmalade each. Pop the remaining bread on top to make 4 marmalade sandwiches. Cut into triangles and nestle in rows in a large baking dish. Heat oven to 160°C/140°C fan/gas 3.

• STEP 2

  Beat the milk, cream, eggs, vanilla, sugar and whisky together, then pour over the bread. Leave to soak for 30 mins.

• STEP 3

  Dot the remaining marmalade all over the top of the pud and dust with the icing sugar. Bake for 45 mins-1 hr or until puffy and starting to caramelise where the bread breaks out of the custard. Serve hot or warm.

Credit: Jane Hornby