Rick Stein’s Caramelised Bread & Butter Pudding With Sultanas & Apricot Glaze Recipe

Studded with sultanas or candied peel (or both!) this one is just lovely. Photo / James Murphy

Nostalgic, comforting and one you can just put in the oven, this dessert from Rick Stein’s new cookbook is such a treat.

For me, bread and butter is a favourite nursery pudding. It was originally intended to use up stale bread and with that thought in mind, I think that simple white bread is the right choice for this recipe. Some people choose brioche or some other enriched dough, but I prefer the simple plainness of the bread with the creamy vanilla voluptuousness of the custard. I like to add some sultanas or candied peel or both to my bread and butter pudding and finish it with an apricot glaze, having first caramelised the top with icing sugar under the grill.

Rick Stein’s Food Stories by Rick Stein, $65, published by BBC Books.

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