Nici Wickes: Savoury leftover bread pudding
Saturday Morning with Jack Tame · Newstalk ZB
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Show Notes
We waste A LOT of bread in this country – over 15 tonnes per year, at a cost of over $62m! There’s no knead!
This recipe is a great use for it and it barely matters how stale it is as it ends up soaking up the cheesy, egg mixture.
Serves 4-6
6-8 thick (2cm) slices stale bread
2-3 tbsps soft butter
200g ham, bacon or chorizo – diced
6 eggs
½ cup cream
½ cup milk
1 cup grated cheese
1 tsp dried mustard
1 tbsp wholegrain mustard
1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves
½ tsp sea salt + decent grind black pepper
2 tbsps finely chopped parsley
½ tsp chilli flakes
- Preheat oven to 180 C. Grease a large loaf tin.
- Butter each piece of bread and arrange in the loaf tin or other oven proof dish. Tuck ham, bacon or chorizo between slices.
- In a bowl whisk eggs, cream, milk, ½ cup grated cheese, mustards and fresh thyme. Add salt and pepper. Pour mixture over bread.
- Top with remaining grated cheese, parsley and chilli flakes.
- Stand for 20 minutes to allow bread to soak up the egg mixture.
- Bake for 20-30 minutes until top is golden and middle is cooked.
- Serve big warm spoonfuls for breakfast, lunch or dinner!
Note: You could use torn chunks of bread if it’s baguette, sourdough or even croissant.
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