14.10.12
So
Generally I...
Thought
it would be nice to tuck into some comfort food on a rainy afternoon yesterday.
Something warm and sweet and of course, easy to make. It’s a toss between
another batch banana cake or bread and butter pudding. Hmm…banana will just
have to wait another day. A quick search through my recipe books and I found
the recipe for the pudding. This one actually comes from www.allrecipes.com But I was never happy
with the vanilla sauce that comes with it. So another search through a recently
bought food magazine found me a recipe for a vanilla sauce which I thought was
easy and made more sense than my existing one.
History
Trivia – The bread and butter pudding originates from United Kingdom and can be
traced back to as early as the 18th century…1723 to be exact to a
gentleman called John Nott. In the early days it is also known as whitepot and
can be made from bone marrow..(wow that would make the dessert very very rich)
or milk. The basics of a B&B pudding is bread, milk, sugar, butter and some
spices to enhance its flavor. The dessert can be eaten on its own or made more
delicious by introducing a sweet sauce or cream or fruit jam (source of info :
Wikipedia).
For
the bread and butter pudding, you will need :
6
-7 slices of day-old bread
2
tablespoon butter, melted
1/
2 cup raisins (optional)
4
eggs, beaten
2
cups of milk
3/4
cup white sugar
1
teaspoon ground cinnamon
1
teaspoon vanilla extract
What
to do :
Ø
Preheat
oven to 175 degrees C. Prepare an 8 inch square pan
Ø
Break
bread into small pieces and place in the pan. Drizzle the melted butter over
the bread. You should use salted butter as this will add balance the sweetness
of the sugar. Sprinkle the raisins on top.
Ø
In
a bowl, combine the eggs, milk, sugar, cinnamon and vanilla extract. With a
whisk, beat until the mixture until combined well. Pour over the bread and use
a fork to push down lightly until the bread is covered and soaking up the
mixture.
Ø Bake for about 35 mins or
until the top springs back when tapped. You should actually start checking
around 30 mins, depending on how hot your oven is.
For
the vanilla sauce, you will need :
Ø
500
ml milk
Ø
2
tablespoon of cornstarch
Ø
1
egg
Ø
1/2
cup of sugar
Ø vanilla seeds from 1 vanilla
(if this is not available, you can use 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract)
What
to do :
Combine
all the ingredients and mix well with a whisk. Cook over slow fire until
mixture boils and thickens.
Cool
the sauce a little before serving. This recipe makes about 8 generous servings.
I have included a link to the allrecipes.com website which shows a short video on how to make the pudding. Hope this will be helpful.
Following
The Planetary Dots..
The
iternarary for my upcoming trip is finalized. Pheww! 3 packed weeks..
Our
route will be :
Singapore
to Paris; to Switzeland, to Amsterdam, to Brussels, to Manchester to London and
back to Paris before flying home.
Transportation
and accommodation is the biggest cost for the trip but we have been lucky to
get pretty reasonable rates for the air fare. $4,800 (including taxes) of return
tickets (Sin to Paris) for 4 pax is quite a deal!
I’ll
share more soon, once I have compiled all the information on hand.
I
did have a taste of ‘Italy’ to accompany my bread and butter pudding yesterday
though…or rather..I had pizza..this time from Domino’s. I have only recently
discovered them and was pleasantly surprised how good the
y
are. Domino’s have 14 outlets in Singapore, mostly in the heartlands. Delivery
service is available and they are free.
If
you check their website and order online, you will be guided through a simple
ordering process. The menu is also simple and clear, with 4 different types of
crusts, 3 different sauces and 16 pizza toppings to choose from. I have tried
the Classic Hand-tossed crust and also the Crunchy Thin crust. Both are good,
but for preference, I’ll pick the Classic Hand-tossed.
There
are 12 side orders available, which include the usual breadsticks, chicken
wings and garlic onion rings. Others are Crazy chicken crunchies which is
comparable to KFC’s chicken popcorns but meatier and comes in 2 flavour
options, original or tom yam. I have tried both, and I must say the tom yam
flavor is just great. Spicy and tasty. Another side order, the twisty bread, is
a personal favourite. It’s soft and
sprinkled generously with garlic cheese powder. They have sweet dessert too,
the Chocolate Lava cake and the Caramel Sticky dessert. Have not tried any
though.
It is advisable to order their combo meal as this is more cost-saving. There are 5 combo meals to choose from, ranging from 2 - 10 pax meals.
Domino’s
has a 30 minutes delivery guarantee, or a 15 minutes dine-in/ take-away
guarantee. As it happened, they were late for 15 minutes late for my delivery. In
compensation, I was given a coupon for a free 9 inch pizza on my order. Based
on their ala-carte menu, this is worth $22.80!
I
have included a link to their website here, if you want to check them out. BTW,
I do not receive any incentive for this review, it’s purely a sharing of info.
More to come I hope J !
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