Custard

Hot Cross Bun & Butter Pudding

22nd March 2016 by Rosie

It’s Spring and the weather is starting to heat up a little. Flowers are starting to show and share their beautiful colours with the world as they awaken from winter. It’s Easter this weekend; a time for rebirth, and the clocks ‘Spring forward’ giving us lighter nights to enjoy.

I’ve not quite joined the cold pudding club yet, as the nights can still give us a chill, so I’ve decided to choose an old favourite for my recipe creation with the Central England Co-Operative and bring you a twist on a bread & butter pudding, but using hot cross buns instead, and adding extra fruit. These red berry hot cross buns are absolutely delicious and I’m really glad I didn’t use both packets when making my recipe as I know I’ve got spares to enjoy toasted with butter and a coffee tomorrow evening. This is how I’ve made my Hot Cross Bun & Butter Pudding. All my ingredients are Co-Operative own brand products:

Unsalted butter

6 red berry hot cross buns

1 punnet blueberries

4 large eggs

300ml double cream

30ml milk

Dark chocolate infused with orange oil

Custard to serve

1. Preheat your oven to 160°C.

2. Slice your hot cross buns horizontally and butter both of the cut sides.

3. Butter the inside of an ovenproof dish.

4. Place the bottom slices of the buns, buttered side down, into the base of your dish. Cutting them to fit the gaps.

5. Sprinkle the blueberries over the buns.

6. Using the cross on the bun tops, cut the bun tops into strips about 1.5cm wide. Make a cross with these, cut side down.

7. Cut the remaining pieces into chunks and place them around your cross, cut side up to give a contrast.

8. Beat the eggs, cream and milk together and pour over the hot cross buns.

9. Allow this to soak into the buns for 5 minutes.

10. Break the chocolate squares into smaller pieces and use to outline your cross.

11. Bake in the oven for 35-40 minutes until the egg and cream mixture has set.

12. Serve with custard.

This recipe was created for the Central England Co-Operative. I received vouchers to purchase my ingredients to create this recipe.

Rhubarb, Apple & Ginger Crumble

25th June 2014 by Freycob

My rhubarb is a little pathetic this year; yielding a measly 4 sticks, which is not really enough to make a crumble for a family of 4. Not to be deterred, I grabbed a couple of dessert apples from the fruit bowl and a jar of crystallised ginger from the cupboard and whipped up a pudding in less than an hour (and that included washing up!) I think that rhubarb and ginger are a perfect combination, and judging by the empty bowls all round, my family think so too. Some of the ingredients I didn’t measure out personally, but to help you, I’ve given you the approximate quantities that I used for the fruit base.

4 sticks Rhubarb

2 dessert Apples

3 balls crystallised ginger

2tbs (rounded) Soft dark brown sugar

Crumble

200g Self raising flour

100g Unsalted butter

100g Soft dark brown sugar

2tsp Ground ginger

1. Preheat your oven to 180C.

2. Peel and slice the rhubarb into 1.5cm slices.

3. Dice the apples into 1cm cubes.

4. Chop the crystallised ginger quite finely.

5. Place the rhubarb, apples, ginger and sugar into a saucepan with 30ml cold water.

6. Bring to a gentle boil, then simmer for about 10 minutes until the fruit has started to soften and release their juices.

7. In a food processor, blitz the flour, cold butter, sugar and ground ginger until it resembles breadcrumbs.

8. Pour the fruit into a heatproof dish and top with the crumble mix.

9. Bake for 25-30 minutes until the top is golden.

Serve with cream, custard, clotted cream or ice cream. I love the fruity ‘jam’ that mixes with the edges of the crumble mix as it bubbles though. Enjoy!

Cherry & Almond Crumble

28th February 2012 by Freycob

Looking for a quick and simple pudding? Then look no further. As I was on a course with work today, and my hubby was cooking dinner, I wanted something that was quick and tasty for dessert. I always have the basics in my cupboards but I also had a jar of pitted cherries that I’d bought in Lidl recently, so put a tasty recipe together in about 5 minutes ready for the oven. (Apologies for the photo quality, it was taken on my phone).

Crumble
110g (4oz) Self Raising flour
60g (2oz) Ground almonds
85g (3oz) Demerara sugar
85g (3oz) Butter, chilled

Filling
680g (24oz) jar (350g/12 1/4oz drained weight) pitted cherries in syrup (Lidl)
30g (1oz) Granulated sugar
5ml (1tsp) Almond extract
10ml (2tsp) cornflour
15ml (1tbs) cold water

1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
2. Mix together the flour, almonds and sugar.
3. Cut the butter into small cubes and rub into the flour/almond/sugar mixture until it resembles bread crumbs.
4. Drain the cherries, putting the juice into a small saucepan.
5. Place the drained cherries in the bottom of a 25cm/10″ round dish.
6. Add the granulated sugar to the cherry syrup and bring to the boil.
7. Continue to boil for 5 minutes until reduced by a third.
8. Mix the cornflour with the cold water.
9. Add the almond extract and the cornflour mixture to the boiling syrup.
10. Continue to boil, STIRRING CONSTANTLY, until thickened.
11. Pour thickened cherry syrup onto your cherries in the dish.
12. Sprinkle your crumble mix over the top evenly.
13. Cook for 30-35 minutes until golden.
14. Remove and serve hot with custard / ice cream / cream according to your preference.

Hope you enjoy this as much as we did this evening.

Rosie
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