Bread And Butter Pudding

Method

• step 1

  Pre-heat the oven to gas 2, 150 centigrade

• step 2

  Line a deep pie dish or casserole with the thickly buttered slices of bread. Sprinkle over some of the currants or sultanas and add a further layer of buttered bread. Alternate the layers finishing with bread and the few remaining fruit on top.

• step 3

  Bring the milk to the boil. Beat the eggs well in a large bowl with the sugar and grated nutmeg. Pour the hot milk over the egg mixture and mix together well.

• step 4

  Transfer the milk and egg mixture to a jug and pour over the dish of bread and butter.

• step 5

  Sprinkle the surface with a little more sugar and bake in the oven for 1 hour.