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Michel Roux Jr’s diplomat puddings

Name: Michel Roux Jr’s diplomat puddings
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: French recipes
Ingredients: 4 slices brioche or croissants, cut into chunks; 4 slices white bread, crusts removed and cut into cubes; 1 tbsp icing sugar; 2 tbsp golden raisins; 2 tbsp sultanas; 60ml dark rum; 150g caster sugar; 6 medium egg yolks; 250ml whole milk; 250ml single cream; 1 vanilla pod, split and seeds scraped; Unsalted butter to grease; Apricot jam, warmed, to glaze; Specialist kit; 6 ramekins, about 10cm x 8cm

By: Michel Roux Jr

Published: 26 Nov 24
Updated: 26 Nov 24

Michel Roux Jr shares his recipe for diplomat puddings. These delightful little puds are a chic French alternative to bread and butter pudding, with brioche, a rich custard, golden raisins and plenty of rum.

Michel says: “I love these little puddings when they’re still warm but they’re also good cold. This dish is invariably cooked on Boxing Day and lasts for a few days after that. I use old croissants, brioche, panettone (Diego, my son-in-law, always brings too much) and I’ve even sometimes put some leftover Christmas pudding in. The secret is to be generous with the rum.”

Recipe taken from Michel Roux At Home by Michel Roux Jr (Seven Dials £26) and tested by delicious

Easy
December 2024

Test kitchen approved

Serves 6
Hands-on time 25 min. Oven time 40 min

Recipe taken from Michel Roux At Home by Michel Roux Jr (Seven Dials £26) and tested by delicious

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Nutrition: per serving

Calories: 551kcals
Fat: 25g (12g saturated)
Protein: 12g
Carbohydrates: 64g (40g sugars)
Fibre: 2.4g
Salt: 0.7g

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Ingredients

4 slices brioche or croissants, cut into chunks
4 slices white bread, crusts removed and cut into cubes
1 tbsp icing sugar
2 tbsp golden raisins
2 tbsp sultanas
60ml dark rum
150g caster sugar
6 medium egg yolks
250ml whole milk
250ml single cream
1 vanilla pod, split and seeds scraped
Unsalted butter to grease
Apricot jam, warmed, to glaze

Specialist kit

6 ramekins, about 10cm x 8cm

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Method

Heat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan/gas 4. Put the brioche/ croissants and bread on a large baking sheet, ideally in a single layer. Sprinkle over the icing sugar, then put in the oven for 8-10 minutes until crisp. Remove and turn the oven down to 140°C/120°C fan/gas 1.
Put the raisins and sultanas in a pan and cover with cold water. Bring to the boil, then drain. Put them in a bowl with the rum, mix briefly, then leave to cool.
Using a balloon whisk, mix the sugar and egg yolks together in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Add the milk, cream and vanilla seeds, then whisk together until smooth. Pass the mixture through a fine sieve into a jug, then set aside.

Butter the ramekins and put them in a deep roasting tin, then butter 6 pieces of foil large enough to cover each dish. Fill the dishes with the toasted bread and brioche/ croissant pieces, then divide the fruit and rum mixture between them. Pour over the custard.
Cover the ramekins with the buttered foil, then pour enough hot water into the tin to come about 2-3cm up the sides of the ramekins. Bake for 30 minutes.
Carefully lift the puddings out of the tin. Brush the tops with a little warmed apricot jam to serve.