Good Old Bread and Butter Pudding with a Marmalade Glaze and Cinnamon and Orange Butter

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   Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/gas First make your flavoured butter by mixing the butter with the nutmeg, cinnamon and orange zest.

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   Use a little of it to butter a medium-sized shallow, ovenproof dish.

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   Butter the bread using the flavoured butter, then cut each slice in half diagonally.

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   Put the slices in your buttered dish.

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   Now separate the eggs, reserving all 9 yolks but just 1 egg white.

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   Whisk together the egg yolks and egg white with the sugar, then gently heat the milk and cream in a saucepan with the vanilla seeds and pod.

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   Pour into the eggs, stirring all the time.

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   Remove the vanilla pod then pour the mixture over the bread and leave to soak for at least 20 minutes.

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   Put the dish in a roasting tray and pour in enough boiling water to come halfway up the side of the dish.

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    Then put it in the preheated oven for about 45 minutes until the custard has just set.

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    Meanwhile, gently warm the marmalade in a saucepan, then remove the dish from the oven and brush the marmalade over the top of the bread.

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    Pop the dish back into the oven for another 5 to 10 minutes.

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    Allow it to cool and firm up slightly before serving.

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.