Jam Topped Bread Pudding With Meringue

Ingredients

• 2 cups milk
• 1 cup bread crumbs or broken bread
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 egg white
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• Jam or tart jelly for topping
• Sugar for dusting

Method

1. 1 Soak bread in milk until softened, then beat until smooth.
2. 2 Mix in sugar, egg yolks, vanilla, and salt until combined.
3. 3 Pour mixture into a pudding dish and place in a pan of hot water.
4. 4 Bake at 300°F for 15-20 minutes until custard sets but does not separate.
5. 5 Top with jam, then a meringue made from the beaten egg white.
6. 6 Brown meringue briefly in oven, add a piece of jelly on top, and serve.