Apricot and brioche spiced pudding

Name: Apricot and brioche spiced pudding
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 100 g raisins or sultanas; 100 g raisins or sultanas; 1 Custard Mix recipe; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 4 fresh apricots, stoned and diced, or 12 dried apricots; 4 fresh apricots, stoned and diced, or 12 dried apricots; 400 g sliced brioche; 100 g unsalted butter, softened; seeds from 1 vanilla pod (see Tip); zest of 2 oranges; ½ teaspoon allspice finely grated

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Simple to Sensational

By Jun Tanaka

Published 2010

About

They say that you can’t improve on a classic, but I really think that this one does. Using brioche gives a richer, more flavoursome pudding.

Ingredients

4 fresh apricots, stoned and diced, or 12 dried apricots
400 g sliced brioche

Dessert
Sensational
Vegetarian

Method

Sprinkle an even layer of diced apricot into the bottom of an ovenproof dish. Butter the brioche and arrange butter side up over the apricot, Sprinkle the raisins or sultanas over the top.
Make the custard mix, adding the cinnamon, allspice, orange zest and vanilla seeds with the other ingredients for the custard mix. Whisk lightly. Pour through a sieve on to t