Cranberry Lime Curd Bread Pudding

Ingredients:

12 tablespoons Lime Curd

1 and ¼ cups whole milk

1 and ¼ cups whipping cream

pinch salt

3 large eggs

½ cup brown sugar

⅓ cup unsalted butter, softened, plus extra for greasing pan

6 soft bread rolls,sliced

½ cup fresh cranberries

¼ cup dried cranberries

8 Tablespoons Red or Black Currant Jelly, for glazing

¾ cup whipping cream, whipped

Lime zest for garnish, optional

Heat the milk and cream in a separate saucepan until just boiling, then remove the pan from the heat. In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs, salt and sugar together until well combined, then pour the milk and cream mixture over the egg and sugar mixture, whisking until smooth and well combined.

Butter the bread slices and, using about 12 tablespoons of the lime curd, spread curd over both sides of each slice of bread.
Cover the bottom of a greased ovenproof dish with a layer of the bread slices, overlapping the edges of the bread slightly. Sprinkle over some of the fresh and dried cranberries. Repeat the layering process once more, or until all of the bread and cranberries have been used up.

(You should have enough for two layers.)

Pour the cream and egg mixture over the bread and set aside to soak for one hour.
Preheat the oven to 350 F.

Place the baking dish into a roasting tray. Carefully add enough boiling water to the tray to reach one third of the way up the sides of the baking dish (this is called a bain-marie). Transfer to the oven and bake for 40-45 minutes, uncovered, or until the custard has set and the top of the pudding is pale golden-brown. ( Check the pudding occasionally during cooking, pushing any cranberries that float to the surface back under the custard as it sets, using a fork, to prevent the cranberries from burning.) Remove the pudding from the oven and from the bain-marie and set aside to cool for 8-10 minutes.

Meanwhile, heat the jelly in a saucepan with two tablespoons of water, until the jelly has melted and the mixture forms a smooth sauce. Brush the top of the pudding all over with this mixture, then set aside to cool for a further 10 minutes.
Serve with the whipped cream.