Recipe

Bread & Butter Pudding

30
Mins
Prep time
20
Mins
Cook time
8
Serves

This classic bread and butter pudding is a warm, comforting dessert made with layers of buttery bread, a creamy base, and baked until golden. Perfect for using up leftover bread, it’s an easy, budget-friendly sweet treat the whole family will love.

Bread & Grains
Dairy
Fruit
Sweet Treats
Vegetarian
Bread & Butter Pudding

This bread and butter pudding is the ultimate use it up recipe to transform leftover bread into a golden, creamy dessert that’s as budget-friendly as it is easy. Instead of binning those stale bread slices, re-use them in this classic comfort pudding that turns food waste into a delicious dessert. The buttered bread is layered with sweet raisins, soaked in rich vanilla custard, and baked until golden and wobbly. It’s simple, nostalgic cooking that proves leftover ingredients can become the best part of your meal!

Need

4 eggs
70g caster sugar
155ml cream
150ml milk
1 vanilla pod
12 slices white
bread – no crusts
50g salted butter – soft
20g raisins

How

  1. Place eggs and sugar into a large bowl and whisk until pale and frothy.
  2. Place cream, milk and vanilla into a heavy based pot and bring to a simmer.
  3. Pour simmered milk mixture onto the sabayon whisking continuously.
  4. Pass this mixture through a fine strainer, your custard is now ready to use.
  5. Use an ovenproof dish 14cm x 7cm to make your pudding in.
  6. Butter the slices of bread, place 6 slices in the bottom of the dish, sprinkle with half the raisins and sultanas, then 6 more slices of bread, the rest of the fruit, then top with the last of the bread.
  7. Pour over the custard and allow to sit for 20 minutes.
  8. Place ovenproof dish on a tray and cook in the oven at 170°C for 20 mins.