Spiced Milk Bread And Butter Pudding

Ingredients

• 1 pint milk
• 1 strip lemon peel
• 1 pinch cinnamon
• 1 bay leaf
• Loaf sugar to taste
• 5 egg yolks
• 3 egg whites
• Thinly sliced bread and butter
• Currants

Method

1. 1 Boil milk with lemon peel, cinnamon, and bay leaf for 5-10 minutes. Remove from heat and sweeten with sugar.
2. 2 Beat egg yolks and whites together. Gradually whisk in the warm milk mixture until combined.
3. 3 Strain the custard through a fine sieve to remove spices and peel.
4. 4 Layer thin slices of bread and butter with currants in a pie dish until nearly full.
5. 5 Pour the strained custard over the layers. Bake for 30 minutes.