Kitchen Monkey

04 March 2008

Keep reading here’s a BUN with a Prize at the end!!!

Can you believe that Easter is just around the corner??
Yes, lent will soon be over and Good Friday and Easter Sunday are a matter of weeks away. We have had so many events in such a short period of time this year with Easter being early.

You cannot go anywhere without seeing a hot cross bun, as my friend tells me they have been on sale in some establishments since January! And we were discussing how next we will be having Christmas cakes on sale in the summer. How much faster can we make our life’s go?

That aside, it made me think of a family recipe which we all love at Eastertime, which I am going to share with you all. So you can make use of those lovely hot cross buns adorning the shelves everywhere you go, so here we are:

Hot Cross Bun Bread & Butter Pudding.

(Serves 6, Calories per serving 403, cooking time 35 mins, cost around £2)

You need:
6 hot cross buns thinly sliced
50g/2oz butter, melted
75g/3oz dried apricots, chopped
3 medium eggs
50g/2oz caster sugar
450ml/3/4pt milk
Ground cinnamon for sprinkling
3 tsp runny honey
Whipped cream to serve

How it’s done:
Brush each slice of the hot cross buns with melted butter and arrange the slices, butter side down in 6 individual ovenproof dishes. Sprinkle with the apricots, whisk together the eggs and sugar, then beat in the milk. Strain this into a jug. Slowly pour this over the puddings. Sprinkle with the ground cinnamon and leave to stand for around 30 mins.
Preheat the oven to 170c/gas mark 3. Place the puddings on a baking tray and bake in the oven for 35 mins until they are just set and the top is slightly browned. Drizzle each pudding with a little honey and serve warm with whipped cream, DELICIOUS!

Give it a go; why not let me know a favourite Easter recipe of yours.

Watch out for a new competition we are running in support of Tommy’s the baby charity coming your way from kitchenmonkey.co.uk. We want you to send in your recipe’s, traditional family recipes which we will put together in a book to raise funds for Tommy’s the baby charity. The winner will have their dish made by our head chef and placed upon our menu, so all you budding chef’s get cracking, start talking to mum, dad, grandparents, aunts and uncles and send them in for this marvellous good cause and a great prize.