Apple Bread and Butter Pudding

So it is March, we have all moved into our nice bungalow in the suburbs of Oulu and now we have to sort through the chaos that is our boxes.

However, March also means time to get back to blogging tasty recipes for you all. So this is my Apple Bread and Butter pudding. This is a traditional British dessert and really is the epiphany of British culinary style, it has a wholesome base taste rather than a palette of delicate flavours, is comforting for those dull, wet British summers winters. It has been a stable in British cuisine for centuries with the oldest recorded dish being from 1729, you can find it in many restaurants and pubs throughout the British Isles.

This one is my take upon the classic dish. I used grated apple to replace the more commonly used raisin and also added apple jam and cinnamon. 

To make enough for 4 people you will want:-

12 slices of bread, crusts cut off (you can use your older, stale bread)

50g butter, softened

50g apple jam

2 apples, grated (sprinkle some lemon juice on them to stop them going brown)

400ml full fat milk

4 eggs

2tbsp honey

2tsp cinnamon

1tsp nutmeg

Start by greasing up a 1 litre size square oven dish. Cut the crusts off your bread and spread the butter and jam on one side. Place the slices butter/jam side up in the bottom of the dish and then sprinkle some grated apple and cinnamon and repeat until you have used all you bread up. Make sure your top layer doesn't have any apple. In a bowl, mix together the eggs, milk, honey and nutmeg and the pour over the bread. Leave to stand for 30 minutes. While standing, preheat your oven to 175C. Cook for 30 minutes (or until the top is golden and the milk mixture has set).

It really is that simple.

Serve warm with some ice cream or vanilla sauce.