Irish Whiskey Bread & Butter Pudding

• Preparation time: 25 min
• Cooking time: 30 min

• Ingredients

• 6 tbsp Irish Whiskey
• 1 oz (25g) sultanas
• 2 oz (50g) soft butter
• 6 thin slices bread (remove crust)
• 2 eggs plus 2 more yolks
• 3 tbsp sugar
• half pint (300ml) double cream

• Method

• Pour 2 tbsp whiskey over the sultanas and leave to absorb, around 15 minutes.
• Butter the bread and cut into triangles.
• Arrange in a roof tile pattern, overlapping in a shallow ovenproof dish.
• Pour the remaining whiskey over the bread and allow to soak in, around 5 minutes.
• Scatter the soaked sultanas over the bread.
• Beat the eggs and egg yolks together with 1 tbsp of sugar.
• Add the cream and pour the mixture over the bread.
• Sprinkle the remaining sugar over the top.
• Bake in a pre-heated oven, 190 c/375 f/gas mark 5, for about 30 minutes or until the custard is set and the top is crisply brown.