Apple Bread Pudding

Name: Apple Bread Pudding
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: ½ tsp ground cinnamon; 200 g caster sugar, plus extra for dusting; 60 g sultanas; ½ tsp ground mixed spice; 500 ml medium cider; thick Jersey cream or ice cream to serve; thick Jersey cream or ice cream to serve; 50 g butter; 4 free-range medium eggs, beaten; 4 medium crisp dessert apples, such as Cox’s; 4 medium crisp dessert apples, such as Cox’s; 500 g brown or white bread, crusts removed; 500 g brown or white bread, crusts removed; 60 g raisins; grated zest of ½ orange

Preparation info

Serves
6-8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Hix Oyster & Chop House

By Mark Hix

Published 2010

About

Bread pudding is of one of those recipes that you can tweak and add other ingredients to very easily. Here I’ve included apples and cider to give it a real taste of the West country. Serve warm with thick cream or ice cream, or custard of you prefer.

Ingredients

500 ml medium cider
200 g caster sugar, plus extra for dusting
½

Europe
United Kingdom
Dessert
Vegetarian
Autumn
Winter
Spring

Method

Put the cider, sugar, spices, sultanas, raisins and orange zest into a saucepan and bring to the boil. Meanwhile, break the bread into small pieces and place in a bowl. Tip the cider mixture over the bread and stir to mix. Cover the bowl with cling film and leave to stand overnight.

The next day, peel, quarter, core and slice the apples. Melt the butter in a large frying pan and fry the