Chocolate Baileys bread puddings

Carolyn Robertson

Ingredients

½ loave	Fruit bread, stale, crusts removed (Main)
½ cup	Dark chocolate, coarsely chopped (Main)
1 pinch	Salt
2	Eggs
1 ¼ cups	Milk
½ cup	Cream
⅓ cup	Baileys Irish Cream (Main)
¼ cup	Brown sugar
3 Tbsp	Raw sugar

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 160C.
2. Grease 4 individual ovenproof bowls or ramekins with a little butter.
3. Cut each slice of bread into 4 triangles. Layer evenly into prepared bowls or ramekins, interspersing chocolate between the layers.
4. Beat eggs, salt, milk, cream, Baileys Irish Cream and brown sugar together in a bowl.
5. Pour this mixture evenly into the layered bread and leave to rest for 30 minutes for the bread to completely absorb the liquid.
6. Sprinkle each pudding with a little raw sugar. Put ramekins in a baking pan half filled with warm water and bake for 30-40 minutes or until egg mixture is set.