Friday 29 October 2010

Tried & Tested: Decadent Croissant and Chocolate Pudding


Having my Norwegian friend and her family close by is such a treat this term!

We generally get togheter once a week for dinner and this week was my turn to cook.
I will get back to the Iranian inspired main course in another blog post.

I decided to be a bit inventive for the dessert and also use up some stale croissants in what became a decadent take on a "bread and butter pudding":

In a buttered oven proof dish I tore up:
4 croissants and mixed with
100 grams dark cooking chocolate (from Ikea!)

I then combined
3 eggs with
280 ml of cream and
2 tbsp of brown sugar and
3 tbsp of Baileys (I used the Coffee type)
and some skimmed milk and poured over the croissants

I then let it sit for about 30 mins to let the croissants soak up the liquid.

It then went into the oven on 180 degrees for about 20-25 mins

I served the pudding warm with ice cream, but I guess a nice custard could do as well.

This was more than ample for 4 people and a good way to use up leftover stale bread/cake.

You could use any type of stale bread instead of croissants

7 comments:

  1. Delicious! Får helt vann i munnen her - og jeg som ikke har spist frokost ennå... Nei, her er det bare å bruke all den viljestyrke man har og gå og finne seg havregryn og melk *sukk*.

    Ønsker deg en riktig god helg!

    Klem

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  2. Hei!! Sånne brødpuddinger er ikke så vanlig her i Norge. Men det høres vedig godt ut!! God helg!! Hilsen AnneKari:-)

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  3. Høres spennende ut Mette!
    Og veldig koselig med middag en gang i uken :)

    Takk for at du deler din erfaring ang operasjonen,
    godt å høre at gutten har det bra idag!

    God helg!

    Klem

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  4. Hei hei
    Det så jo kjempe godt ut. Matvrak som jeg er skulle jeg gjerne ha smakt denne og.
    Nyt kvelden
    Klem Tove

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  5. Mmmmm nydelig -du frister :o)

    Dette hørtes fantastisk godt ut.. Så kos med ukentlige middager, hos hverandre.

    Nyt kvelden og helgen!

    Klem fra Tove

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  6. Høres og ser kjempegodt ut!!
    God helg!
    klem♥

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  7. Det var jo skikkelig avansert dessert da. den falt nok i smak. Ønsker deg en superfin helg.
    Klem

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