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    Chocolate Orange Bread and Butter Pudding

    • Vegetarian
    • Preparation time: 35 minutes, plus overnight macerating
    • Cooking time: 40 minutes
    • Total time: 1 hour and 15 minutes, plus overnight macerating

    Serves: 8

    Ingredients

    • Finely grated zest of 3 oranges
    • 100g mixed peel
    • 50g sultanas
    • 3 tbsp Grand Marnier
    • 3 tbsp brandy
    • 300g good, white bread, sliced about 1cm thick, crusts off
    • 50g butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
    • 425ml milk
    • 425ml double cream
    • 150g plain chocolate, chopped
    • 2 medium eggs plus 3 medium egg yolks
    • 50g caster sugar
    • Icing sugar, to serve

    Method

    1. Mix the zest of 2 of the oranges, the peel, sultanas, Grand Marnier and brandy. Cover and macerate overnight.
    2. Preheat the oven to 180°C, gas mark 4. Butter a 2-litre pie dish. Spread the bread with the butter. If the slices are large, halve them. Line the dish with overlapping bread slices and scatter over half the peel and sultanas with some of their liquid. Cover with another layer of bread. Scatter with the remaining dried fruit and liquid.
    3. Put the milk, cream and remaining orange zest into a pan. Bring to the boil, remove from the heat and whisk in the chocolate until it has melted.
    4. Whisk the eggs, egg yolks and sugar until pale and frothy. Slowly stir in the chocolate milk. Pour the mixture over the bread, lifting the slices slightly so it soaks through. Leave it to soften for 15 minutes.
    5. Bake in the centre of the oven for 40 minutes or until the custard has just set. Dust with icing sugar. Serve warm or cold with cream.

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