Bread And Milk Pudding With A Taste Of The Middle East

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/2 loaf day old bread (about 250g)
• 1/4 cup walnut pieces
• 1/4 cup sliced almonds
• 1/4 cup dried apricot, diced small
• 1/4 cup pistachios
• 1/4 cup sultana
• 1 pint milk
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 teaspoon butter, to grease dish
• 2 tablespoons sugar, to sprinkle over

Recipe

• 1 cube the bread - about 1cm or 1/2 inch - no need to remove crust.
• 2 in large bowl stir bread together with nuts and fruit then tip into greased ovenproof dish (mine was about 7"x11"x2").
• 3 heat the milk, stir in sugar, vanilla, nutmeg and eggs.
• 4 pour milk mixture over bread mixture and press down the bread so all gets moist.
• 5 sprinkle sugar over the top.
• 6 cook in moderate/hot oven for 20-30 minutes (until knife blade comes out clean).
• 7 flash under hot grill to caramelise the sugar if you wish.
• 8 serve warm with pouring cream.