Make the most of your Easter hot cross bun leftovers to make this glorious pudding – it goes perfectly with some cream or a scoop of your favourite ice-cream.
Yield: 4 Servings
Prep Time: mins
Cook Time: mins
Difficulty Level: /5
Ingredients
- 2 tbsps brown sugar
- 1 tbsp water
- 2 medium pears, peeled, cored, sliced
- 1½ cups milk
- 300 ml carton cream
- 1 vanilla bean, halved lengthways, seeds scraped
- 4 leftover hot cross buns, thickly sliced
- 4 eggs
- 2 tbsps caster sugar
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
- Ice-cream or cream, to serve
Steps
01. Preheat oven to moderately slow, 160 C. Lightly grease a deep, 6-cup ovenproof dish.
02. In a medium frying pan, combine brown sugar and water, Heat on low, stirring, until sugar dissolves.
03. Add pear slices and simmer, uncovered, 3 to 5 mins, until just tender, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat.
04. In a medium saucepan, bring milk, cream and vanilla bean to boiling point. Remove from heat. Set aside, covered 5 mins. Discard vanilla bean.
05. Arrange bun and pear in alternate layers in prepared dish. In a large bowl, whisk eggs. caster sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg together. Gradually beat in warm cream mixture.
06. Strain egg mixture carefully over bun and pear. Place dish in a large baking pan, adding enough boiling water to come halfway up the sides of the dish.
07. Bake 55 to 60 mins, until set.
08. Serve with ice-cream or cream.
TIP: Pudding can be covered with plastic wrap and chilled for up to 5 days.Recipe & Photo: Woman's Day/BauerSyndication.com.au