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Bread and butter pudding recipe (puddina)
Created by Rita O’Dwyer
- Cuisine: Maltese
- Prep Time: 25 min(s)
- Cook Time: 1 hr(s)
- Serves 10
With ingenuity the Maltese have adapted this dish from the English (Malta was once a British colony) and added an Arabic twist. Day-old bread is soaked in water then mixed with generous quantities of dried fruit, almonds and cocoa. Puddina is served in slices with black tea as an afternoon pick-me-up.
Ingredients
1 day-old loaf of bread370 g (1 ⅔ cup) sugar
2 tbsp custard powder
2 tbsp cornflour
35 g (⅓ cup) cocoa
2 eggs, beaten
500 g mixed dried fruit such as sultanas, raisins, currants and chopped peel
250 g almonds
250 g glacé cherries, halved
vanilla extract
80 ml whisky, brandy or sherry
Preparation
Tear the bread into small pieces and soak in cold water for 15 minutes until soft.Preheat the oven to 200°C. Tip the bread into a colander and squeeze out the excess water using a potato masher. Place the bread in a mixing bowl and stir in the sugar, custard powder, cornflour and cocoa. Add the eggs and mix well. Add the dried fruit, half the almonds and half the glacé cherries. Add vanilla to taste and the whisky, brandy or sherry. Pour into a baking dish and decorate the top with the remaining almonds and cherries. Bake for 45–60 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean. Serve in slices, warm or at room temperature.
SBS cook’s notes
Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55–60 g, unless specified.
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Comments (23)
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11 May 2013 09:48 AEST
Celia
Caboolture South, Qld
Bread & Butter Pudding
It might be an idea to change the title to 'Bread Pudding' as it can be confusing calling it Bread & Butter Pudding which is another dish and nothing like this one.
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27 Apr 2013 01:16 AEST
Dirtgirl
Ingleburn
Puddina
Have just made this using wholemeal bread rolls. I find squeezing bread out in huge chux cloth much easier. As kids in UK Mum used to always make this, but minus the cocoa powder and it was definitely a hit with friends at school! I made mine today in 3 loaf pans, so that I can freeze 2 for later. I also made it using my food processor and added some Grand Marnier. Baked for 50 mins. Easy tasty recipe.
18 Feb 2013 10:41 AEST
Diana Spiteri
Minchinbury
05 Feb 2013 02:38 AEST
Manisha
Goyal
21 Jul 2012 11:05 AEST
Ramya
INDIA
17 May 2012 02:34 AEST
genevieve corteses
manhattan
28 Apr 2012 11:36 AEST
colleen
WESTON NSW
Puddina(bread-pudding)
Puddina is family Recipe to me my mother-in-law showed me how to make it different to Rita O'dywer,yummy girls. You can FREEZE it to when baked,its good.But being half Maltese myself and husband Maltese nice to learn some of there culture recipes.
Always nice for Xmas,Easter.cold nights or days.
31 Dec 2011 03:05 AEST
rebecca
burnside
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