Apricot Bread Pudding ...with Almond Flakes Crumble.....

this is the dessert i made for Son H....to compliment his starter and main course for a complete full course dinner........

Ingredients for crumble:

50 gm plain flour

50 gm soft brown sugar

pinch of mixed spice

35 gm butter - melted and cooled

25 gm almond flakes

Ingredients for pudding:

100 gm apricot jam

200 ml whipping cream

4 medium eggs - beaten

2 tsp castor sugar

6 to 8 slices of bread

To prepare crumble.....sift flour in bowl....add sugar...and mixed spice....drizzle in butter...and mix with fork into a crumbly mixture....stir inhalf of the almond flakes....

To make the pudding....grease a heat proof shallow glass bowl...in a separate bowl..mix together the jam,cream,egg and castor sugar....set aside....using a fluted cutter...stamp out the bread into rounds to fit the bowl....use all the left overs bits to line the prepared bowl....next pour 1/3 of egg mixture bread...then line the fluted bread on top....pour another 1/3 of the egg mixture...repeat procedure with remaining bread and egg mixture....then sprinkle the crumble mixture to cover the surface...top with the remaining almond flakes...bake in preheated oven at 160 degree celcius....for about 20 to 25 minutes til springy to touch....

stamping out the bread with a fluted cutter...........


lining the bowl with fluted bread on top of bread bits mixture..

topping it with almond flakes and crumble before baking......

It is a wonderful bread pudding which is not too sweet....and has a spongy cake like texture.......with a nutty bite.....easy to make....can recycle your left over bread into this lovely pudding.......

p.s....supermum made this while still having the sprained shoulder....