Ingredients

• 1.5 thick white loaf
• 2 oz - unsalted butter
• 10 fl oz - double cream
• 2 eggs
• 1 oz - castor sugar, flavoured with a vanilla pod (or plain sugar and a few drops of vanilla essence)
• 2 tsp - nutmeg freshly ground
• 2 lemons
• 2 oz - sultanas

How to Make Bread and Butter Pudding

• Slice the bread thickly and halve each round.
• Add butter generously and arrange in a shallow, buttered dish with a pinch of lemon zest and a few sultanas between each slice. Sprinkle on the nutmeg.
• Beat the eggs well with the cream and add the flavoured sugar or plain castor sugar and vanilla essence and pour over the bread.
• Bake in an oven for an hour until the top has turned crisp and serve hot or cold with clotted cream.