Bread And Butter Pudding With Strawberries

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 large eggs
• 3/4 cup whole milk
• 3/4 cup heavy cream
• 7 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons dark rum
• 8 slices bread
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 pint fresh strawberries, hulled and cut in half

Recipe

• 1 in a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, cream, 3 tablespoons sugar, and rum. set aside.
• 2 spread the top of each slice of bread with generous amount of butter. cut slices in half diagonally. in a 9-inch-round baking dish or cake pan, fan overlapping bread slices in one layer. (it is also fine for bread to overlap randomly.) pour egg mixture over bread, and let stand 1 hour.
• 3 preheat oven to 400º. sprinkle pudding with 2 tablespoons sugar. bake until puffed and golden brown, and pudding has set, about 20 minutes.
• 4 meanwhile, in a medium bowl, combine strawberries with remaining 2 tablespoons sugar. let stand while pudding bakes. serve strawberries with baked pudding.