Chocolate Chip Brioche Bread and Butter Pudding with Nutella®

 

Date: 14/12/12

Background: Basically, because I cannot get back to Rugby for Christmas Day, my parents decided to come up to Brum to visit, and to deliver and return presents for extended family, friends and loved ones. I cooked them a yummy Roast Chicken Dinner, and to accompany it, a very Winter Warming dessert. The general principle is from the delightful Mary Berry, but the additions and adjustments are my own .

What: Chocolate Chip Brioche Bread and Butter Pudding with Nutella®

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Ingredients:

• 6 Chocolate Chip Brioche buns
• 2 tbsp. Nutella®
• Handful/30g dried mixed fruit
• 2 eggs
• 600mls milk
• Half tsp. Cinnamon
• Butter for greasing
• Ice cream/Cream to serve

Method:

1. Pre heat oven to 200C, Gas Mark 5
2. Grease a 10inch/Equivalent ovenproof dish with butter
3. Slice each Brioche bun horizontally in half
4. Melt the Nutella® in the microwave for 10secs to make it easy to spread
5. Spread a thin layer of Nutella® onto each brioche bun half
6. Layer the bun bases onto the bottom of the dish, Nutella® side up
7. Top the bun bases with the Brioche tops, Nutella® side down, slightly off centre to the bases, so that all gaps to the dish are covered
8. In between the layers and on top, scatter the mixed fruit
9. Mix together the eggs and milk
10. Pour the custard mixture over the Brioche buns
11. Sprinkle the cinnamon of the top of the pudding and leave to stand for at least an hour to allow the bread to soak up some of the custard mixture
12. Cook in the pre-heated oven for 40minutes, or until the pudding is golden on top, and the custard mixture is set completely
13. Serve immediately with cream/ice cream

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What was Good: Oh my days. It was so satisfying and warm! With the weather being anywhere between –4 and 6C, a cockle-warming dessert is just what the metaphorical doctor ordered! I am not normally a massive bread and butter fan, but with the flavour of the warm brioche, and melted Nutella®, oozing throughout the pudding, this was a definite winner for me. Served with the cold ice cream, the hot and cold combo was as always a box ticker in my eyes! The fruit was a bread and butter pudding must have, and because they had had around 2 hours to soak up the custard mixture, they had become plump and juicy. It was also surprisingly light, it was not overly cloy-y and it did not stick to my stomach lining like some traditional puds. I would happily make this dessert again, and I look forward to eating the cold left overs tomorrow!

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What was Bad: There is something about the texture of a bread and butter pudding that does not float my boat… But the flavour of this particular confection made it a winner despite this!

Would I Make It Again?: Yes I would!

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^Reference:

^{Berry, M (2012) Mary Berry’s Complete Cookbook. 3rd ed. London: Covent Garden Books. P399}

Possibly the Gooiest Pudding in the World

 

Date: 8/12/12

Background: Two puddings in one day?! Oh dear…. Winter time is definitely upon us! Saying that, I am not going to pretend I haven't had 2 puddings on one day before.. But on the EVENING of seeing my lovely housies, we met up in the Bull Ring, Birmingham, with Emily to have a lovely quiet meal and a gossip! And to make me feel slightly better, me and Louise did share it… Which is both a blessing and a curse (a curse because part of me wanted to grab it out of her hands and devour it like a ravenous pit bull)!

What: Chocolate Chip Hot Cookie Dough Dessert

Where: Pizza Hut, Bull Ring, Birmingham

How Much?: £2.95

What was Good: EVERYTHING. Seriously, EVERYTHING! It was a superb, outstanding, decadent, tremendous, stupendous combination of molten hot oozy gooey chocolate chip cookie dough, with an ice cold scoop of vanilla ice cream sat in the centre, crowing the pudding with its chilly glory, all drizzled in a chocolaty chocolate sauce. What about that sounds bad to you?! NONE OF IT, THAT IS WHAT! It was possibly the most soul satisfying and naughty but oh so nice pudding there is. A solid pudding that is practically liquid, yet chewy where the dough had began to set, combined with an equally solid yet liquid ice cream and sauce from the heat of the dough is a texture and taste sensation! You need to try this pudding for yourself!!

What was Bad: I cannot fault this pudding. Apart from the fact I want more. Daily.

Would I Buy It Again?: Yes! I would go and buy it now if it was not 9pm at night. But I also am desperate to try the other flavours, Raspberry and White Chocolate, and Banoffee!

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