Bacon, Cheese, Tomato & Leek Pudding
Kind of like a savoury bread and butter pudding made with Bacon, Cheese, Tomato and Leek sandwiches. You can use sliced onions if you don't have any leeks. It's quite delicious!
1 Picture
Ingredients
- A stale french loaf
- (You will need at least 14 slices)
- 2 ounces (1/4 cup) butter - softened
- 1 large tomato, thinly sliced - and cut into half moons
- 6 slices steaky bacon - cooked crisp and crumbled
- 1 medium leek, washed - trimmed and very thinly sliced
- 1/2 pound of strong cheddar cheese - grated (about 2 cups)
- 3 large free range eggs
- 1 TBS Dijon mustard (can use grainy if you have it)
- 1 pint of whole milk (2 cups)
- Salt and pepper to taste
Details
servings 6
Level of difficulty Average
Cooking time 45mins
Cost Average budget
Preparation
Step 1
Butter a 10-inch glass pie dish.
Spread each slice of the bread thickly with butter on one side only.
Step 2
Mix together the sliced leeks, grated cheese and crumbled bacon. Divide 3/4 of this mixture between half of the slices on the unbuttered sides.
Step 3
Top each with two half moons of tomato. Place another slice of bread, buttered side up on top.
Step 4
Cut in half and place into the pie dish cut side down, to fill the dish. Sprinkle with the remainder of the cheese mixture.
Step 5
Beat the eggs together with the mustard and milk. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Step 6
Pour over top of the sandwiches. Allow to stand for half an hour before cooking so that it can absorb as much as possible.
Step 7
Preheat the oven to 160°C/325°F/gas mark 3. Bake the pudding in the heated oven for about 45 minutes, until a knife inserted near the centre comes out clean.
Step 8
Allow to stand for about 10 minutes before cutting into wedges to serve.
A salad goes nicely with this.
Leave a comment about this recipe