Saturday, January 3, 2009

Caramel Croissant Pudding

I was attracted to this dish the moment I first saw it on a certain trailer on Discovery Travel and Living (Starhub Channel 16) promoting Nigella Lawson's show. In fact, I had bought croissants hoping to keep them a couple of days "stale" so I can try this recipe out. Unfortunately, my boy always beat me to them and I didn't get a chance until recently.

I must say, puddings especially bread and butter puddings, aren't something I would try. However, since this is made with croissant and rum, why not? I thought. I'm glad I did and next time I would go easy on the amount of rum. The kids won't even take a piece after test-tasting the first bite. Guess rum isn't a flavour favoured by kids. Rum, not rum essence, was added to this pudding.

To ease the guilt (if only!) I didn't use double cream and used Nestle's Pouring Cream instead. As I had a carton of no-frills Whole Milk around, I used that, talking about easing the guilt! As much as I liked it, I limited myself to one-third portion of the pudding. I am planning to showcase this dessert when I get the chance. Must remember to target friends who have either have "alcoholic" or "western" palate...

3 comments:

Passionate About Baking said...

Hi Yuri,
Wow! This caramel croissant pudding looks damned good leh! Hey, we've almost the same taste. I dislike bread puddings! I've never touched them even if it is the only dessert left in the buffet table! Haha! But yours looks very good here wor! Maybe I'll try if I have any left over croissants in future! :)

Rei said...

Yuri, me, me! Target me! I love bread and butter oudding, probably will try this too!

Yuri said...

Hello both! You've gotta try this recipe then, it's really delicious and you can control what goes into the pudding... that's what I'll experiment next time. Let me know when you try, ok?