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Hot Cross Bun And Chocolate Butter Pudding

by Northern Life

Mix up your traditional Easter feast with this delicious take on traditional bread and butter pudding - extra servings of mini eggs are essential!

Hot Cross Bun And Chocolate Butter Pudding

Mix up your traditional Easter feast with this delicious take on traditional bread and butter pudding – extra servings of mini eggs are essential!

Serves 4

Prep time: 20mins

Cook time: 1hr

Ingredients:

  1. 4 hot cross buns
  2. 2 large eggs
  3. 200ml full fat milk
  4. 25g caster sugar
  5. 25g butter (add a little extra for greasing the dish)
  6. 100ml double cream
  7. 1 tsp grated nutmeg
  8. 6-8 hollow mini chocolate eggs (this allows the chocolate to ooze into the dish)
  9. 1 tbsp caster or icing sugar for dusting
  10. 1 tsp vanilla essence

What to do:

  1. Preheat oven to 180º/160º fan.
  2. Slice the buns, lightly butter them, and sandwich them back together.
  3. Slice each bun into three pieces, keeping them uniform (formed back with crosses on top).
  4. Grease a baking dish (9 inches x 6 inches approx) and carefully place the buns in neatly. Be sure to leave a small space between each bun.
  5. Place a chocolate egg into every other slice inside the bun and sandwich back together.
  6. Make the custard by mixing the eggs, sugar and vanilla essence.
  7. Whisk until pale. Then add the milk and cream, continuing to whisk for a minute to combine.
  8. Pour half the custard over and between the buns, allowing the liquid to settle for a minute before adding the rest. This allows the custard to soak into the buns.
  9. Combine the nutmeg and sugar and sprinkle over the top.
  10. Place in the oven on the middle shelf and bake for 50-60 minutes.
  11. The pudding will rise and puff out while baking. Check halfway to ensure the top is not burning. If you find it a little too brown at this stage, loosely place a piece of foil over the top until the last 10 minutes, then remove and continue baking.
  12. Place a skewer into the pudding to check the custard has set; the inside should be soft and will wobble, if it is runny or loose it needs to cook for slightly longer.
  13. The pudding will deflate when you remove it from the oven. Allow to cool a little before serving, as the middle can be very
    hot.
  14. Dust with a little caster or icing sugar before serving.

Top Tips:

Cut into squares or slices and serve with a dollop of cream, vanilla ice cream or custard. We have used hollow eggs, but cream eggs also work well. Mint chocolate or chocolate spread is especially nice too!

NorthernLife Mar/Apr/May 24