Healthier bread and butter pudding

Name: Healthier bread and butter pudding
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: British recipes
Ingredients: 12 slices (about 250g) stale, good-quality white bread, crusts removed; 15g unsalted butter, melted; 75g raisins; 400ml whole milk; 400ml semi-skimmed milk; 1 vanilla pod, split; 3 tbsp caster sugar; 1 large free-range egg, plus 3 large yolks; ½ tsp ground cinnamon; Good grating of fresh nutmeg

Published: 30 Sep 11
Updated: 18 Mar 24

Test kitchen approved

Our healthier version of the classic British dessert bread and butter pudding is made without cream and has only 295 calories per serving! Plus, it only takes 10 minutes to make before popping in the oven.

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Serves 6
10 minutes to make, 50 minutes cooking, plus soaking

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Ingredients

12 slices (about 250g) stale, good-quality white bread, crusts removed
15g unsalted butter, melted
75g raisins
400ml whole milk
400ml semi-skimmed milk
1 vanilla pod, split
3 tbsp caster sugar
1 large free-range egg, plus 3 large yolks
½ tsp ground cinnamon
Good grating of fresh nutmeg

Method

Brush the bread with a little melted butter on one side, then cut into triangles and layer butter-side up with the raisins in a 1.2 litre ovenproof dish.
Heat all the milk in a pan with the vanilla pod until almost boiling, then remove from the heat to infuse for 10 minutes. Beat the sugar with the egg and egg yolks in a bowl, then pour over the milk. Strain back into the pan, then scrape in the seeds from the vanilla pod.
Cook over a medium heat until the mixture just coats the back of a spoon, then add the cinnamon and nutmeg. Pour over the bread, then leave to soak in for 20 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 170°C/fan150°C/gas 3½, then bake the pudding for 30-40 minutes until the custard is set and the tips of the bread slices are golden.

Recipe from October 2011 Issue

Nutrition

Nutrition: per serving

Calories: 295kcals
Fat: 10.6g (5.1g saturated)
Protein: 10.9g
Carbohydrates: 39.1g (23.1g sugars)
Fibre: 1.4g
Salt: 0.7g

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