[Recipe] Chocolate panettone bread & butter pudding

INGREDIENTS:

for the egg custard

6 medium eggs + 1 yolk
500ml single cream
500ml full fat milk
180g castor sugar
1 Vanilla pod or 3 teaspoons vanilla essence

for the rest

200g melted butter
2oog castor sugar
300g dark chocolate broken into pieces or chocolate buttons
zest and juice of 1 large orange
And most importantly your Panattone.

1. First of all pre-heat your oven too 180c
2. slice your Panettone into medium sized wedges
3. Sprinkle half of the castor sugar over base of dish, and half of chocolate. Cover with slices of Panettone
4. Melt your butter in a bowl in a microwave or a pan on the stove
5. Pour your melted butter over your panettone base
6. Grate the zest of 1 large orange over your pudding
7. Then squeeze the Juice of the orange all over
8. Sprinkle the rest of the castor sugar and chocolate over the Panettone
9. For egg custard heat the milk and cream in a pan with 1 split Vanilla pod/vanilla essence
10. Beat your eggs + 1 yolk in a bowl with 180g of sugar, then pour over boiled milk&cream , continually whisking.
11. Sieve your egg custard then pour evenly over the panettone base
12. Press down the Panettone into the egg mix and leave to stand for at least 20 mins. place in pre-heated oven for 35 minutes until set
13. When its out of the oven, stick a knife in the centre, if no liquid comes to the surface then your pudding is ready
14. To finish off dust with icing sugar

Its now ready to serve :)

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