Leek bread and butter pudding

Leek bread and butter pudding

Kathy Slack’s leek bread and butter pudding makes for a simple but hearty main, served with a green salad. You can prepare it ahead, then bake when you’re ready.

Leek bread and butter pudding

Try more sweet and savoury bread and butter pudding recipes.

Kathy is a food writer who has become renowned for her love of vegetables. Not only does she grow them in her garden but she also creates recipes and hosts monthly supper clubs from the harvests, as well as teaching cookery classes. Read her Substack, Tales From The Veg Patch, or follow her on Instagram @gluts_gluttony

  • Serves icon Serves 4
  • Time icon Prep time 15 min. Cook time 1 hour 10 min

Kathy Slack’s leek bread and butter pudding makes for a simple but hearty main, served with a green salad. You can prepare it ahead, then bake when you’re ready.

Try more sweet and savoury bread and butter pudding recipes.

Kathy is a food writer who has become renowned for her love of vegetables. Not only does she grow them in her garden but she also creates recipes and hosts monthly supper clubs from the harvests, as well as teaching cookery classes. Read her Substack, Tales From The Veg Patch, or follow her on Instagram @gluts_gluttony

Nutrition: per serving

Calories
894kcals
Fat
54g (32g saturated)
Protein
31g
Carbohydrates
66g (14g sugars)
Fibre
7.8g
Salt
2.7g

Before you start

Know how Kathy likes to leave some of the crusts on the sliced bread because it adds texture, but if your crusts are gnarly, feel free to remove them.

Before you start

Know how Kathy likes to leave some of the crusts on the sliced bread because it adds texture, but if your crusts are gnarly, feel free to remove them.

Ingredients

  • 150g salted butter, softened
  • 4 leeks (roughly 750g), trimmed and sliced into rounds
  • 3 large eggs
  • 300ml whole milk
  • 50ml double cream
  • 2 tbsp thyme leaves
  • 2 fat garlic cloves, crushed
  • 40g parmesan or vegetarian alternative, finely grated
  • 500g white sourdough bread, cut into small slices (crusts removed on half the slices – see ‘know how’)
  • 60g mature cheddar, coarsely grated
  • Winter salad leaves (such as mizuna, mustard greens, lamb’s lettuce) to serve
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Method

  1. Melt 50g of the butter in a large frying pan set over a medium heat. Once fizzing, add the leeks with a pinch of salt. Fry for 25 minutes until soft and translucent. Stir regularly to make sure they don’t catch – the goal is leeks that are silky and sweet, not browned. Once cooked, transfer to a bowl and set aside to cool.
  2. Heat the oven to 200°C/ 180°C fan/gas 6. Whisk together the eggs, milk and double cream in a jug. Season generously with salt and pepper.
  3. Mix the remaining 100g butter with half the thyme, the garlic and parmesan or vegetarian alternative, then spread on both sides of the bread slices.
  4. Scatter a quarter of the leeks over the base of a deep ovenproof pudding dish and arrange a layer of bread on top. No need to be neat. Pour over a slug of the eggy milk. Repeat until all the leeks and bread are used up, then pour over the remaining milk mixture and press down on the layers so they soak up the juices. Sprinkle the cheddar and remaining thyme on top and bake for 45 minutes or until golden and bubbling.
  5. Bring it to the table with the speed you might take a soufflé and serve with a few crisp leaves of winter salad alongside.

Nutrition

Nutrition: per serving
Calories
894kcals
Fat
54g (32g saturated)
Protein
31g
Carbohydrates
66g (14g sugars)
Fibre
7.8g
Salt
2.7g

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