Bread Pudding

I am from England and bread pudding conjures up images of bread, milk, eggs and lots of raisins!
Man how I hate dried fruit!! So you can obviously tell that this is not one of my favorite desserts.

I also like finding new recipes and Facebook seems to be a good place to find things. It is amazing what gets posted on there sometimes.
I have Alexis over here to thank for this recipe, she is so good at finding recipes online and then letting everyone know about them.

This however looks amazing and so yummy.
The recipe is at Chef in Training and I have had the privileged of making it twice now, although I think my hips are telling me not to make it again for a while!

It is bread soaked in a cream and sugar mixture. You then lay half the bread in a pan, cover with raspberries and then cover with remaining bread.
Bake for 40 minutes and then serve with vanilla custard or ice cream.
It even tastes great cold the next day!
I did however, find the recipe to be a little on the large size! So I cut it down in the amount and found that it still served 6 quite nicely.

The recipe asks for you to use cut up pieces of bread which I used but I found it easier with slices of bread the next time.

The smell in the house as it was cooking was divine and sweet.

We chose custard and man was it sweet and filling, but just what you need on a cold winters night.

WFMW Again

Yes it is that time of week again for another helpful tip of some kind.

This week I am not sure if it is a tip or just a great way of doing something that everyone probably already knows about.

Anyway, I have discovered a wonderful recipe for making Pizza Dough, curtesy of Sophie Gray, The Destitute Gourmet.

The part of the recipe I love and think you can do with any dough making is how she gets the dough to rise.

When you have finished kneading the dough, place in a greased bowl and cover with greased glad wrap, then place in the microwave on low power for 1 minute. Rest for 10 minutes (in the microwave), then low power for 1 minute and then finally rest for a further 10 minutes.

The dough will now have risen to double its size and be ready to shape.

Here is her recipe for Pizza:

For the base:

2 heaped cups of plain flour

1 tbsp oil

1 tsp sugar

1/2 tsp salt

1 satchet instant yeast

1/3 cup milk

2/3 cup hot water

Preheat oven to 200c

In a large bowl combine all base ingredients.

Mix to form a dough then knead on a floured bench for around 5 minutes till smooth, springy and elastic.

Dust the dough with flour as required during kneading.

Place dough in a clean greased bowl and cover with greased glad wrap.

Place in microwave on low power for 1 minute, rest for 10 minutes, low power for 1 minute and rest for another 10 minutes.

Whilst dough is in the microwave prepare your favorite toppings

When the dough is doubled in size, punch it down and roll out to desired shape, either 1 large pizza or several small ones (makes 4 nice small ones) place on a baking tray.

Decorate with your favorite toppings.

Allow dough to rise a little then bake in the pre heated oven for 15 minutes or until the dough is golden and the topping piping hot.

This recipe is wonderful to make with the kids. Check this out to see my 2 helping make the dough. They then decorate the tops themselves before they go in the oven.

Favourite Food for Alex

Alex has taken quite a shine to Nutella. A hazelnut chocolate spread.
As the following show, he can quite happily eat it all day! Regardless of whether there is any bread around or not!




Mmm, Nutella is dreamy........can I have this every meal time?