Pastel de pan y fresas - Strawberries bread pudding

Pastel de pan y fresas - Strawberries bread pudding

An old-fashioned English family favourite that goes easy on the wallet: use your left over bread to prepare this easy and delicious strawberries bread and butter pudding

Pastel de pan y fresas - Strawberries bread pudding

Pastel de pan y fresas - Strawberries bread pudding

{Strawberries bread pudding}

Ingredients:

  • 500 ml milk (2 cups)
  • 80 g sugar (3/4 cup)
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 1 vanilla stick
  • 24 slices bread (old is good)
  • 50 g butter, room temperature (1/2 stick)
  • 350 g strawberry jam (12 ouces) or 18 ounces fresh strawberries plus 4 tbs sugar
  • 3 eggs, medium size

Directions:

  1. Place milk, sugar, cinnamon and vanilla in a medium saucepan, and bring to boil. Set aside, and let cool to room temperature (discard cinnamon and vanilla sticks)
  2. Grease an oven proof pan with butter
  3. Spread butter on one side of each slice. Then, cut the bread with a cookie cutter (optional)
  4. Place a layer of bread on the prepared pan with buttered side up (do not leave any gaps if possible, use the ugliest bread cuts for this layer)
  5. Distribute jam evenly (or chopped strawberries with sugar) over it
  6. Top with another layer of bread slices, beautifully arranged (remember, butter side up!)
  7. Beat eggs, and mix with infused milk
  8. Pour the milk and egg mixture slowly over the bread and let it soak for 15 minutes, while preheating oven to 350 º F (180 º C)
  9. Bake bread pudding for 30 minutes
  10. Remove baking pan from the oven, and let it cool slightly before serving with vanilla icecream, cream, or fresh fruits

Preparation: 15 min

Cooking time: 30 min

Yield:12

Rating:  ★★★★★ 1 Average value 5