English Bread Pudding

Recycling and “upcycling” are words that have become very familiar to those of us born in this modern world, as we look to find ways to reduce waste and put anything surplus or leftover to good use.

Well, English cooks as far back as the eleventh century were doing their own bit for the environment when they decided to “recycle” leftover stale bread and turn it into this deliciously comforting pudding. To begin with, they simply soaked hard bread in water and then pressed it into a