In the first episode of Mary at 90: A Lifetime of Cooking on BBC last night, Mary shared three recipes from her new book. That included her bread and butter pudding, she said her mum used to make. The baker added that this recipe hadn’t changed for over 60 years, similar to her lemon traybake, and that the recipe was so “quick and easy”.
The recipe notes on BBC said: “Bread and butter pudding is a great family favourite to follow a weekend lunch, and Mary Berry’s luxurious version is packed with plump sultanas and topped with crunchy demerara sugar. Although bread and butter pudding is known as a great way to use up stale bread (and it is!), this version isn’t economical, just thoroughly delicious.”
Ingredients:
75g butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
Two lemons, grated zest only
200g sultanas
Eight slices of medium-sliced white bread
Three free-range eggs
350ml full-fat milk
200ml double cream
75g demerara sugar
Method:
Generously butter a 23-25cm shallow ovenproof dish. Ideally, the dish should be large enough to arrange the bread in two layers.
Mix the lemon zest with the sultanas in a bowl. Butter all the slices of bread on one side. Cut each buttered slice into four squares.
Whisk the eggs in a bowl, then stir in the milk and cream. Sprinkle the base of the dish with some of the sultanas. Arrange half the bread squares across the base, buttered-side down.
Sprinkle most of the sultanas over the bread, then top with half the sugar. Arrange the remaining bread, buttered side up, over the sultanas and sugar.
Pour in the milk mixture over the bread, then sprinkle the remaining sugar on top. Set aside for one hour, or longer if time allows, so the milk mixture soaks into the bread.
Preheat the oven to 200°C/180°C Fan and then sprinkle the remaining sultanas over the top of the pudding, then push them down into the bread.
Place near the top of the preheated oven and bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until set, risen and golden.
Serve at once with the pouring cream. It is at its best straight from the oven, and it is not suitable for freezing.
Mary at 90: A Lifetime of Cooking continues on November 4 at 7:30pm on BBC Two.