FEATURE RECIPE
Rhubarb and custard bread pudding

Rhubarb and custard bread pudding

Serves 5

Cooking Time Prep time 25 mins, cook 20 mins (plus cooling, standing)



2   small unsliced loaves wholemeal bread (about 300gm each), crusts removed
40 gm   softened butter
300 ml   pouring cream
200 ml   milk
4   eggs
55 gm   (¼ cup) raw caster sugar
Seeds of   1 vanilla bean
4   sugar cubes, coarsely crushed
Rhubarb jam
450 gm   rhubarb, cut into 2cm pieces
180 gm   raw caster sugar
Juice of   1 orange and 1 lemon


1 For rhubarb jam, rinse rhubarb in a colander, shake off excess water and transfer to a saucepan. Add sugar and juices, stir occasionally over medium-high heat until sugar dissolves, then stir occasionally until thick and jammy (4-5 minutes). Transfer to a container and refrigerate until chilled. Jam will keep refrigerated for 2 weeks.
2 Preheat oven to 160C. Divide 2 tbsp rhubarb jam among five buttered 250ml oven­proof teacups or shallow bowls and set aside.
3 Slice each loaf of bread lengthways into four 1cm-thick slices, butter one side of each slice and spread with a little rhubarb jam (you may have some jam left over). Roll each slice into a short cylinder, then cut each roll in half widthways. Place three rolls, cut-side up, in each teacup.
4 Whisk cream, milk, eggs, sugar and vanilla seeds in a bowl to combine, divide among teacups and stand for 10 minutes. Scatter with crushed sugar cubes, place on a tray and bake until golden and set (10-12 minutes). Stand for 10 minutes and serve warm.

This recipe is from the June 2012 issue of Australian Gourmet Traveller.

RECIPE Emma Knowles & Alice Storey PHOTOGRAPHY Ben Dearnley STYLING Lucy Weight


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