Bread Pudding

So nice. Saturday morning, leftover bread, transformed into delicious rich breakfast, called by some "not necessary". I dis-agree.

You want some nice chewy day old white bread. Baguette works well or an artisan style sourdough.

Chop the bread into cubes and dry it out in a low oven.

Basically you are soaking the bread in a custard mix and baking it. The drier the bread is the more custard mix it will soak up.

Use 100ml of milk or cream for each egg. Whisk together in a bowl.

One baguette, 5 eggs, 500ml cream serves two,   or one.

Flavour with cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg.

Fold in anything you like, grated apple, pear, banana, peaches, plums, nectarines, raisins, nuts and chocolated all work wonders.

Sprinkle the top with a coarse unrefined sugar and orange zest.

Bake in a water bath at 325F for about 45 minutes, it is done when the custard is just set in the center.

Caesar?

Mayonnaise is really easy to make. It is basically oil and an acid, (vinegar, lemon juice), which would normally separate when combined, held together by egg yolk. The trick is to add everything but the oil, blend on high with a hand blender on a stick and then slowly drizzle in the oil while blending.

AIOLI = MAYONNAISE WITH GARLIC IN IT. THAT'S IT.

SHOP LIST eggs, oil, vinegar or lemon juice, any flavourings you like, garlic, chili, herbs, pickles, spices, fruit, whatever...

Put three yolks in a mason jar. (Or something that's sorta tall and skinny that you can fit your hand blender into(that's not hand in blender please)). Add 75ml, 5Tablespoons, or a couple shots of vinegar, flavours (like garlic, anchovy, caper for Caesar dressing), blend. While blending drizzle in about 1Cup, 250mls oil. *be careful using too much olive oil, it can taste quite strong. I like half and half grapeseed and olive oil. Taste it. Add salt. Taste it. Add salt. Taste it. Finish with blending in herbs or mixing in chopped pickle or whatever. Use for anything you can think of ...