Pudina

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 loaf bread, day-old
• 375 g sugar
• 2 tablespoons custard powder
• 2 tablespoons cornflour
• 4 tablespoons cocoa
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 500 g mixed dried fruit
• 250 g almonds
• 250 g glace cherries, halved
• vanilla
• 4 tablespoons whiskey or 4 tablespoons brandy or 4 tablespoons sherry wine

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 200°c.
• 2 tear bread into small pieces and soak in cold water for 15 minutes until soft.
• 3 place bread in a colander and mash, draining liquid.
• 4 transfer to a large bowl and add sugar, custard powder, cornflour and cocoa.
• 5 stir in beaten eggs and mix well.
• 6 add dried fruit and half of the almonds and glacé cherries. add vanilla and whiskey.
• 7 pour into a baking dish or slab tin and decorate with remaining cherries and almonds.
• 8 bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour (check puddina by piercing with a toothpick - the toothpick should be dry when you remove it).
• 9 cut into squares and serve warm or cold.