24 Jul 2016

individual bread + butter puddings

Since we’re all about putting your own spin on things chez Dig In, here’s a neat twist to an old favourite: individual B&B puddings. I would say guaranteed portion control, but as I ate two hot out of the oven and two later than night, fridge-cold and creamy, that’s not really valid.

I got the idea from a library book; one of those London bakery–café books that are very popular (or at least plentiful on my library’s shelves). I remember thinking ‘individual puddings — how cute!’. I probably also thought ‘portion control!’ but that, as I said, has been massively disproven.

I didn’t copy out the recipe because I have my own that’s my ‘go-to’. This time I used torn-up panettone sploshed liberally with sherry, then I poked in some chunks of rich medjool dates, and to the custard I added the zest of an orange. It was a fine combination of flavours, hot or cold.
And cute — very. As I tucked into my first one, I thought that these were definitely brunch-style café offerings. I imagined them served on a shiny white plate with an artful dollop of greek yoghurt and maybe a swirl of blueberry compote around the plate — and a hefty trendy-café price tag. I’m getting carried away, because these are not pretentious at all! They were just a very good spin on a traditional pudding.

So I’m not going to give you a recipe — as I said, I used my go-to and I’m sure you also have a family favourite. The point therefore of this post is perhaps to inspire you to play around with your favourite too.
Individual bread + butter puddings

Instead of cooking these in a bain marie, which is standard B&B pudd practice, I simply lowered the temperature to 160. I made 8, and they took about 30 minutes to cook.

A note to self: use papers to line the tins next time. Perhaps those café style muffin papers that are like a plain piece of parchment pushed in to the tin, all folded and pointy. That would make them easier to remove and make the tin easier to clean!

8 comments:

  1. What a great idea. The individual B&B puts look delicious - I can almost taste them from over here in the UK!

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    1. Ha, thank you linda! I hope you like them :-)

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    1. thank you lizzy! they'd be perfect for your current canberra cold, too :-)

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  3. You had me at the torn-up panettone sploshed liberally with sherry. Yes please, perfect for this weather. Lovely to see you back in blog land, experimenting with delicious things!

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    1. thank you jane! I'm inching back slowly...
      liberal sploshings of sherry are always a good thing at this time of year :-)

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  4. Bread and butter pudding is one of those desserts (or breakfast) I just cannot stop eating! I would be devouring a collective of those individual servings if I could get my hands on them lol.

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    1. ha ha, I girl after my own heart, jen :-) one pudd is never enough!

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