- Hearty & Grounding
- Desserts
- Vegetarian
- Prep 15 min
- Cook 40 min
- Serves 6
Humble ingredients, generous result. The marmalade adds a bittersweet edge that keeps the custard from feeling too heavy.
Ingredients
For the bread
- 8 slices white bread (about 250 g)
- 60 g soft butter
- 3 tbsp orange marmalade
- 60 g raisins
For the custard
- 300 ml whole milk
- 300 ml double cream
- 3 eggs
- 60 g caster sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
To finish
- 1 tbsp demerara sugar
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
Method
- Butter the bread and spread half the slices with marmalade. Sandwich together and cut into triangles.
- Arrange the triangles in a buttered 1.5 litre dish, points up, and scatter the raisins between them.
- Whisk the milk, cream, eggs, sugar and vanilla. Pour over the bread and leave to soak for 20 minutes.
- Heat the oven to 180°C. Sprinkle the top with demerara and nutmeg.
- Bake for 35 to 40 minutes until golden and just set with a slight wobble.
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