Choc Chip Bread & Butter Pudding & Butterscotch Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 125 g butter
• 10 slices bread
• 4 eggs
• 1/4 cup caster sugar
• 2 cups milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips
• cinnamon sugar
• ground nutmeg
• 125 g butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 300 ml thickened cream

Recipe

• 1 butter a 10x20cm loaf dish and set aside.
• 2 butter bread slices and remove crusts, cut to required shape to fit you pan.
• 3 whisk eggs & sugar until pale, gradually blend in milk & vanilla.
• 4 place a layer of buttered bread over the base of the prepared dish. sprinkle with a little chocolate.
• 5 pour over enough custard mix to just cover the bread layer. continue layering, bread chocolate & custard until pan is full, finishing with a layer of bread.
• 6 drizzle with any remaining custard & dust with cinnamon sugar & nutmeg.
• 7 place pan into a baking dish filled with enough water to to come halfway up the sides of the pan.
• 8 bake at 180°c for 1 hour or until firm.
• 9 prepare butterscotch sauce - melt butter & sugar together in a saucepan, stir in cream.
• 10 bring to the boil, stirring, reduce heat, simmer for 3 minutes or until slightly thickened.
• 11 serve pudding with warm sauce and cream if desired.