Bread & Butter Pudding

Ingredients

• 25g butter plus extra for greasing 
• 8 thin slices white bread
• 50g sultanas 
• 2 tsp cinnamon powder
• 300 ml milk
• 2 tbsp mascarpone cheese
• 2 eggs 
• 25g sugar
• grated nutmeg

1. Grease a 1 litre ovenproof dish with butter.
2. Cut the crusts off the bread. Spread each slice with on one side with butter, then cut into triangles.
3. Arrange a layer of bread, buttered-side up, in the bottom of the dish, then add a layer of sultanas. Sprinkle with a little cinnamon, then repeat the layers of bread and sultanas, sprinkling with cinnamon, until you have used up all of the bread. Finish with a layer of bread, then set aside.
4. Gently warm the milk and melt the mascarpone in a pan over a low heat and don't let it boil.
5. Crack the eggs into a bowl, add three quarters of the sugar and lightly whisk until pale.
6. Add the warm milk and cream mixture and stir well. 
7. Pour the liquid mixture  over the prepared bread layers and sprinkle with nutmeg and the remaining sugar and leave to stand for at least 30 minutes.
8. Preheat the oven to 180C/355F/Gas 4.
9. Place the dish into the oven and bake for 30-40 minutes, or until set and the top is golden-brown.