Sún Etheridge -Top 8 Masterchef Contestant 2011, holds a degree in Journalism and writes reviews about anything that takes her fancy. You can read them here.
by Sún, on August 5th, 2011
Even though I live in Brisbane, winter is still here and every now and then wedding diets get turfed and desserts like this one is the result. Very easy, very simple, very tasty (although the soaking /cooking time is quite lengthy, so start this before dinner).
Ingredients
1/2 loaf of good quality bread (about 8 slices), sliced 1 cm thick
50 gms softened butter (approximately)
1 cup frozen raspberries
300 ml cream
300 ml milk
5 eggs
1/4 cup sugar
1 orange, peel only OR 1 mandarin, peel only
2 cinnamon quills
2 cardomom pods
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tbs raw or demerara sugar
Method:
1. Butter a casserole dish and both sides of each bread slice.
2. Combine the milk, cream, peel, cinnamon, cardomom and nutmeg. Bring to just under a boil, then cover and leave to rest for 10 minutes or so.
3. Whisk the eggs well with the sugar, then add strained milk mixture whisking vigorously.
4. Layer bread in dish, with raspberries in between. Carefully strain custard over bread (bread will float so poke down if necessary).
5. Leave bread to soak up custard (1/2 – 1 hour).
6. Sprinkle with extra tbs of sugar, then bake for 40 – 45 mins at 180 degrees until firm. Serve with ice cream and palm sugar caramel.
Palm sugar caramel
250 gm palm sugar
50 gm butter
100 ml cream
Heat palm sugar, butter and cream over gentle heat until dissolved. Boil for 5 mins until thick and glossy (will thicken more as it cools). Set aside as it’s HOT.
i loved watching you on the show and was sad to see you go hope you find your nieche in the food market i love your website and will try your recipies ps can i use brown sugar instead of palm sugar? in the bread and butter puddind all the best for your future
you can definitely use brown or plain sugar for the caramel. brown sugar will be closes to palm sugar in taste, but plain sugar caramel is better than no caramel at all!
Love your food and cooking. Simply appetizing and yummy.
sun, you are great
You got great points there, so I always love your site, it seems that you are an expert in this field. keep up the fantastic work, My friend recommends your site.
drool! That palm sugar caramel looks dangerous for human consumption. What a good way to use up excellent bread, hey?
I’m a bit tempted to laugh at you, because Brisbane and Winter in the same sentence? Hahaahaa. Ahem. Sorry, I’m stuck down in Tassie and rather sick of being cold. We had a crappy summer.
I firmly believe that anything with raspberries is good for you.