Bread & Butter Pudding with a Jack Daniels Butter Sauce

Preparation time 25 minutes and 40 minutes for baking

Serve the pudding warm withe the sauce passed separately

Ingredients

For the pudding

• 1/2 oz of raisins
• 1 tablespoon of Jack Daniels
• 8 oz baguette
• 2 oz of butter, plus extra for greasing the baking dish
• 1/2 pint of milk
• 1/2 pint of double cream
• 1 vanilla pod split length ways
• 3 eggs
• 4 oz granulated sugar

For the sauce

• 4 oz butter
• 6 oz granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 4 fl oz Jack Daniels

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180 C
2. Soak the raisins in the tablespoon of Jack Daniels
3. Cut the bread into slices and butter then on one side using 1 oz of the butter
4. Arrange the slices of butter side up in a 1.5 litre backing dish
5. Bring milk and cream to the boil with the vanilla pod: meanwhile whisk the eggs and sugar together
6. Pour the boiling milk over the egg-sugar mixture while whisking continually and then strain over the bread in the baking dish
7. Dot with the remaining butter
8. Scatter with the raisins and the bourbon over the top and place the dish in a roasting pan filled with hot water to a depth of 1 inch
9. Bake the pudding for 40 minutes or until a knife inserted comes out clean
10. For the sauce use a double saucepan or a bowl set over a pan of simmering (NOT BOILING) water, stir the butter, sugar and egg together until they thicken.
11. Remove from heat and cool to room temperature before adding the bourbon