16 January, 2015
Bread n Butter Custard for One
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Bread n Butter Custard for One
Just add extra for extra people..
Author: Alan Simmons
Ingredients
- 1 cup milk
- 1 thin strip of lemon rind
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 2 slices of bread
- demerra sugar or raw sugar
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla
- butter
- ½ tablespoon sultanas
- ½ tablespoon currants
- grated fresh nutmeg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 170C (325F)
- Heat milk in saucepan with lemon rind until almost boiling.
- Remove from heat and let stand for 10 minutes.
- Butter a 2½ cup ovenproof dish.
- Lightly beat together egg, sugar and vanilla.
- Trim crusts from bread- butter each slice generously with butter-then cut into small squares.
- Sprinkle sultanas into baking dish and add half the bread.
- Now sprinkle over currants then cover with remaining pieces of bread.
- Strain milk on to egg mixture and beat lightly -then pour over bread.
- Grate a little nutmeg on top and add a sprinkle of Demerra sugar or raw sugar.
- NOTE:
- Stand dish in a pan containing water to come halfway up it's sides.
- Bake at 170C for about 45-55 minutes.
- The top of the pudding should be lightly coloured and the custard set.