Choc Chip Bread & Butter Pudding & Butterscotch Sauce

Ingredients

• 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

Butterscotch Sauce

• 125 g butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 300 ml thickened cream

Directions

1. 1

   Butter a 10x20cm loaf dish and set aside.

2. 2

   Butter bread slices and remove crusts, cut to required shape to fit you pan.

3. 3

   Whisk eggs & sugar until pale, gradually blend in milk & vanilla.

4. 4

   Place a layer of buttered bread over the base of the prepared dish. Sprinkle with a little chocolate.

5. 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. 6

   Drizzle with any remaining custard & dust with cinnamon sugar & nutmeg.

7. 7

   Place pan into a baking dish filled with enough water to to come halfway up the sides of the pan.

8. 8

   Bake at 180°C for 1 hour or until firm.

9. 9

   Prepare butterscotch sauce - Melt butter & sugar together in a saucepan, stir in cream.

10. 10

    Bring to the boil, stirring, reduce heat, simmer for 3 minutes or until slightly thickened.

11. 11

    Serve pudding with warm sauce and cream if desired.