We love Wales and the traditional dishes we have discovered there. Here are two simple recipes. The first is easy and cheap to make and makes a change from steamed puddings that can take so long to cook.
The second recipe is a Bara Brith , which means 'speckled bread'. It is delicious sliced and spread with butter for breakfast or afternoon tea.
Monmouth Pudding
The base mixture of this is very similar to the queen of puddings as it combines breadcrumbs, eggs and milk with a jam filling and topping.
INGREDIENTS
Serves 4
450ml milk
30g butter
30g golden caster sugar
The grated zest of 1 lemon
180g fresh breadcrumbs
2 eggs
5 tbsp strawberry or raspberry jam
METHOD
1 Put the milk in a saucepan over a low heat and stir in the sugar, butter and lemon zest.
2 Bring to the boil, stirring constantly.
3 Remove from the heat and stir in the breadcrumbs.
4 Leave to cool, and when ready beat in the eggs. Preheat the oven to 190°C (375°F, Gas 5) and butter a pudding dish or basin.
5 Spoon half of the milk and egg mixture into the basin.
6 Melt the jam in a pan and pour half over the pudding mixture.
7 Spoon the rest of the pudding mixture over the jam, and top with the rest of the jam.
8 Bake for 35–40 minutes or until the pudding has set.
I like to serve this with some cream.
Village Bara Brith
This tastes better if you allow it to mature for a day before slicing.
INGREDIENTS
280g dried mixed fruit
150g soft brown sugar
450ml cold tea
350g self-raising flour
1 tsp mixed spice
1 tsp baking powder
2 eggs, beaten
METHOD
1 Put the fruit and sugar together in a large mixing bowl. Combine well with a wooden spoon and pour over the cold tea. Leave to soak overnight.
2 Preheat the oven to 150°C (300°F, Gas 2) and butter a 1kg loaf tin.
3 Sift the flour, spice and baking powder together into the fruit mixture and stir well.
4 Beat in the eggs.
5 Pour the mixture into the prepared loaf tin and bake for 1? hours.
6 Allow to cool in the tin for 15 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack. When completely cool, wrap in greaseproof paper and store in an airtight container.
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