Chocolate
Bread & Butter Pudding
Adapted
from Deila Online
Ingredients
:
9 slices of
one day old bread (crust removed)
150g dark
chocolate + 20g shaved chocolate
425 ml
double cream
4 tbsp rum
75g butter
3 eggs
110g sugar
1/3 tsp
cinnamon
Directions
:
1)
Cut
each slice of bread into 4 triangles & set aside.
2)
On
a double boiler or bain marie , combine chocolate, double cream, sugar, butter
, rum & cinnamon . Till chocolate & butter melted & sugar dissolved
. Remove from heat & stir well to amalgamate all the ingredients.
3)
In
a large bowl , whisk eggs & then pour chocolate mixture over it & whisk
thoroughly till well combined. Spoon about 1 cm layer of the chocolate mixture into
ramekins or dish & arrange half of the bread triangles over it in
overlapping rows . Pour half the remaining chocolate mixture all over the bread
, then arrange the rst of the bread over that , finishing off with a layer of
chocolate . With a fork, press the bread down gently so that it’s covered
evenly with the liquid as it cools .
4)
Cover
ramekins or dish with clingfilm & let to stand at room temperature for 2
hours before placing it in the fridge for al least 24 hours before cooking .
5)
Preheat
oven to 180°C
. Remove clingfilm from ramekins or dish & topped with shaved
chocolate & bake in the oven on high
shelf for 30 to 35 minutes . Let to stand for 10 minutes before serving with
chilled pouring cream or vanilla ice –cream.

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