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Chocolate bread and butter pudding

It’s been crazy few weeks here on the farm. The kids and I have all had colds, and Toby is still suffering. Last weekend we went to the mountains to visit my family. Naturally enough, I developed my cold soon after we arrived, but it was still lovely to spend time with them all. We arrived home on Sunday evening, and it was straight into the week. Between being sick and not being home all weekend, the last week was really about survival for me, so this weekend I was determined to catch up on some sleep and do a little cooking.
On Friday afternoon, I was given a couple of loaves of bread, left over from a fundraiser, to bring home. They needed using up, so I whipped up this chocolate bread and butter pudding to take to church on Sunday night. It made a huge dish, and so we have a little bit leftover for a cheeky after dinner treat in front of the fire one night this week.

Chocolate bread and butter pudding
 
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Author: Jo @ Country Life Experiment
Recipe type: Dessert
Ingredients
  • 10 slices bread
  • 50g butter - softened
  • ½c craisins
  • 250g dark chocolate - roughly chopped
  • 2c cream
  • 2c milk
  • zest of 1 orange
  • 6 eggs
  • ⅔ c sugar
  • 2T cocoa powder
Method
  1. Grease a large oven proof dish (a lasagna dish would be perfect).
  2. Butter each piece of bread.
  3. Cut into ⅛ triangles and pile randomly in oven proof dish - I leave crusts on, but you can remove them if you like.
  4. Sprinkle the craisins over the top of the bread.
  5. In a saucepan, place the  chocolate, cream, milk, and orange zest. Heat until the chocolate has melted. Allow to cool slightly.
  6. In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, sugar and cocoa. Slowly add in the milk mixture, whisking as you do, until it is all well combined.
  7. Pour the mixture through a sieve and over the bread in the oven proof dish. Be sure to cover all the bread.
  8. Allow the mixture to stand for 10 minutes so that the egg mixture soaks into the bread.
  9. Bake at 170*c for 35 minutes or until the egg has set.
  10. Dust with icing sugar to serve if you wish.
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  1. Jo@Countrylifeexperiment says

    June 1, 2015 at 10:47 am

    Haven't tried it, but it's on the list of things to have a go of!

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  2. Jo@Countrylifeexperiment says

    June 1, 2015 at 10:47 am

    We used to have something similar as a kid, though with sultanas, no chocolate, and a generous sprinkle of nutmeg – delicious!

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  3. Jo@Countrylifeexperiment says

    June 1, 2015 at 10:46 am

    I do tend to go on a theme – you could always have french toast for main course, and bread and butter pudding for dessert lol 🙂

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  4. liz @ Strayed Table says

    May 31, 2015 at 10:12 pm

    Jo, this looks super delicious and I can't remember the last time I had bread and butter pudding. I guess it's almost like another version of french toast but with custard 🙂 That's it I am going to have to make some and with chocolate of course, thanks for the dessert inspiration.

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  5. Malinda says

    May 30, 2015 at 12:54 am

    It has been ages since I had bread and butter pudding. This looks just too good. Now, where's that spare bread …

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  6. Lucy @ Bake Play Smile says

    May 28, 2015 at 11:47 pm

    Oh I soooo know what you mean about trying to survive through colds this week. My hubby and I have both had a yuck cold this week and we literally ate the same soup for dinner 3 nights in a row and then had toasted sandwiches last night… finally starting to see the light today! And now I really, really want this pudding. Mum used to make something similar so I can't wait to try your recipe out. Thanks for linking up with our Fabulous Foodie Fridays party! xx

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  7. sammie@theannoyedthyroid.com says

    May 28, 2015 at 1:26 pm

    Yum! This looks like the best thing since sliced bread! I love bread and butter pudding – adding the cocoa and orange is just genius! I'm also a massive fan of bread pudding. It's similar to bread and butter pudding in that old bread is the hero, but it's drier than the pud, so it can be eaten as a teatime treat or dessert. Have you ever tried?

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