Welsh bread and cheddar pudding

Name: Welsh bread and cheddar pudding
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 50 g unsalted butter; 150 g cheddar; 250 ml double cream; 2 egg yolks; 250 ml whole milk; ½ tsp mustard powder; 1 nutmeg; 2 pickled walnut — optional; 1 egg; ¼ tsp ground cayenne pepper; 1 pinch of ground black pepper — optional; 1 pinch of salt — optional; 4 thick white sourdough slice

Main course
Welsh

Sourdough soaked in an egg custard, with melted cheddar and a golden crust.

Active time15 min

Cooking35 min

Total1 h 15 minResting : 30 min

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Ingredients

¼ tsp ground cayenne pepper
50 g unsalted butter
150 g cheddar
250 ml double cream
2 egg yolks
250 ml whole milk
1 egg
½ tsp mustard powder
1 nutmeg
2 pickled walnuts — optional
1 pinch of ground black pepper — optional
1 pinch of salt — optional
4 thick white sourdough slices

Preparation

Step completed · 1
Let the butter soften. Remove the bread crusts. Toast one side of the slices under the oven grill. Spread all the softened butter over the dish base and the untoasted sides of the bread. Slice 100 g cheddar and grate the remaining 50 g. Put half the bread in the dish, toasted side down. Add the cheese slices and the optional sliced pickled walnuts. Cover with the remaining bread, toasted side up.
Step completed · 2
Separate the egg yolks from the whites. Bring the milk and cream to the boil in a saucepan with the mustard, cayenne and freshly grated nutmeg. Add the optional salt and pepper. Beat the egg and yolks in a heatproof bowl. Slowly whisk the hot milk mixture into the eggs. Pour this custard over the bread.
Use for the recipe: a quarter of a nutmeg (prepare 1 nutmeg).
Step completed · 3
Let the bread absorb the custard for 30 minutes at room temperature. During this rest, preheat the oven to 190 °C.
Step completed · 4
Scatter the grated cheddar over the pudding. Bake for about 30 minutes, until golden on top with a set, lightly puffed centre. Serve hot.

Allergens

Eggs
Milk
Mustard

Composition to check for: Celery, Crustaceans, Fish, Gluten, Lupin, Molluscs, Tree nuts, Peanuts, Sesame, Soy, Sulphites.

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