Christmas Bread and Butter Pudding

I love the Christmas ritual of endless cold cuts. For me, that’s an essential part of the season. But I know there are those who can grow restive when they see that poor old bird brought out for the third time. However, any grumbling over the cold comfort of what seems the constant reappearance of Christmas lunch leftovers can be soothingly silenced, the mutiny dispelled, by a hot pudding straight from the oven.

A bread and butter pudding is pretty effortless to make, and this speci