Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 lilliputian something from my French kitchen today. Ever since I rootage saw a recipe for ‘Baked milk, croissant together with vanilla pudding’ inward the Oct effect of Waitrose Kitchen I’ve been working on perfecting my version of an English linguistic communication breadstuff pudding, but made alongside leftover French croissants every fourth dimension I view Brittany.
My kitchen hither is a lot to a greater extent than basic, but I similar that it lends itself to a to a greater extent than basic shape of cooking, alongside dissimilar fresh ingredients to conduct from, together with less shop closet together with equipment options. However, because I’m forced to recall exterior the box a little, together with everything is stripped down, I savor cooking hither a lot, together with some of the recipes I’ve developed, for illustration the Hot King Prawns In Garlic Butter my Dad together with I did together, together with my Simple Potato Salad are amidst some of my favourites inward my repertoire.
While I started alongside the recipe equally was (but using regular milk instead of the buffalo milk the recipe was originally intended for), afterwards a few trial together with mistake bakes adding dissimilar ingredients together with taking some away, I came upwards alongside my version which is quick, uncomplicated an mildly flavoured alongside cardamom instead of vanilla. The quantities hither serve 4 people, but it tin easily endure doubled to feed a crowd.
- Unsalted Butter, at room temperature
- iii Stale Croissants (day quondam at least)
- 60g (2 oz) Mixed Dried Fruit (or merely raisins or merely sultanas, depending on preference together with availability)
- 2 Cardamom Pods
- 250ml (1 cup) Whole Milk
- iii Large Egg Yolks (you tin brand meringues alongside the leftover whites!)
- 50g (1.9 oz) Golden Caster (Granulated) Sugar
Preheat your oven to 150 degrees celsius (300 degrees fahrenheit). Grease the within of an ovenproof dish alongside a practiced layer of unsalted butter. Slice the croissants into slices merely a lilliputian fleck wider than your thumb, together with spread 1 cutting side side of each of of these slices alongside a lilliputian butter.
Layer one-half of the pieces inward the bottom of your dish together with sprinkle alongside the mixed dried fruit. Then purpose the balance of the pieces to fill upwards inward the gaps. You’ll desire alone 1 layer together with thus that your custard volition embrace everything, but if yous are doubling the recipe yous tin create this inward ii layers.
Using the apartment border of a large knife flatten the cardamom pods together with thus that they outburst together with allow out their lilliputian dark seeds. Add the pods, seeds together with milk to a medium saucepan. Bring to gently to the boil. While the milk is heating up, whisk the carbohydrate together with egg yolks inward a heatproof bowl (I swear past times Pyrex bowls of all sizes inward both kitchens) until smooth. Strain the boiled milk alongside a fine sieve to take the cardamom, together with add together it a lilliputian fleck past times a lilliputian fleck to the egg mixture, chop-chop whisking. If yous alone stir instead of whisk quickly, or yous add together equally good much hot milk to the eggs at in 1 lawsuit it volition ready them.
Once it is all incorporated pour the runny custard mixture over the croissants inward the baking dish, making certain that every land has been drenched. Boil a kettle together with laid the dish inward some other dish larger than it. Pour boiling H2O around this together with thus all the custard bits are covered inward a hot H2O bathroom within their dish, together with bake the dish, alongside either the lid on or covered inward foil, together with its H2O bathroom inward the oven for 45 to fifty minutes, or until yous tin seat a knife into the custard together with yous tin say it has set. Serve directly either on its ain (how I honey it), or served alongside a lilliputian vanilla or cardamom H2O ice cream. Enjoy!
What are your favourite twists on modern classics, or favourite comforting plant nursery foods from childhood? I truly never used to similar whatsoever shape of breadstuff pudding equally a child, but equally an adult I’ve developed a detail fondness for it.