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Mary Berry’s mincemeat bread and butter pudding

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This comfort food pudding is wonderful at any time of the year – not just at Christmas!

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It is essential to make this in a shallow dish so that you get maximum crunchy top. It rises like a souffle, so serve it at once straight from the oven.

Ingredients

  • 50g (2 oz) ready-to-eat dried apricots
  • 2 tbsp brandy or rum
  • 12 thin slices white bread, buttered
  • 1 x 450g (1lb) jar luxury mincemeat
  • 50g (2 oz) caster sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 300ml (½ pint) double cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 150ml (¼ pint) milk
  • 1 tbsp demerara sugar

Method

  1. Well-butter a 28cm (11in) fairly shallow round china ovenproof dish. Preheat the oven to 180ºC/Fan 160ºC/Gas Mark 4.
  2. Snip the apricots into smallish pieces and soak in the brandy or rum whilst making the pudding.
  3. Make sandwiches of the bread using the mincemeat, but don’t fill right to the edges because these are trimmed off. Cut off the crusts and cut each sandwich diagonally into four. Arrange the sandwich triangles across the dish, slightly overlapping.
  4. Beat together the caster sugar, eggs, cream and vanilla extract. Stir in the milk.
  5. Scatter the apricots over the bread. Gradually pour over the cream mixture, making sure all the bread is coated. If you have time, leave the pudding to stand for 30-60 minutes (to allow the bread to absorb the liquid, so it becomes light and crisp during cooking). If you have no time, don’t worry – you can still bake it straightaway.
  6. Sprinkle the demerara sugar over the top of the pudding, and bake in the preheated oven for about 40 minutes until well-risen, crisp and golden. Serve warm with creme fraiche or cream.

Top tip: It is essential to make this in a shallow dish so that you get maximum crunchy top. It rises like a souffle, so serve it at once straight from the oven.Mary Berry’s Christmas Collection is available from Amazon, RRP £16.99.Win Mary Berry cook books

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Nutritional information

Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.

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Gordon Ramsay’s Hot Bananas

I’m not exactly sure what show Gordon cooks this dessert on. He has so many shows lately, it’s hard to keep up. It does look mighty scrumptious though. This dessert is completely decadent, so roll up your sleeves and prepare to spoil yourself and your guests.

Ingredients:

  • Sugar – 1 cup
  • Bananas
  • Butter – 2 TBS
  • Chili finely sliced – (1-2)
  • Brown Rum – nice sized glug
  • Coconut Milk – 1/4 cup
  • Vanilla Ice Cream – several scoops

Directions:

Add the sugar to a hot pan over medium heat and caramelize. Slice bananas add to pan, and coat them in the caramel. Add butter and allow to melt. Add the finely sliced chili if you like it hot, and stir. Pour in the rum, and flambe (set it on fire – carefully). Add coconut milk and twirl.

Spoon bananas into serving dishes and top each serving with a scoop of Vanilla Ice Cream.

Done!

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