Ingredients
9 slices, each 5mm/%26frac14;in thick, good-quality white bread, one day old, bringn from a
large loaf
150g/5oz dark chocolate (75 per cent cocoa solids)
75g/3oz butter
425ml/15fl oz whipping cream
4 tbsp dark rum
110g/4oz caster sugar
good pinch cinnamon
3 eggs
To serve:
double cream, well chilled
You will also need a shallow ovenproof dish 18x23cm/7x9in base by 5cm/2in deep, lightly buttered.
Method
begin by removing the crusts from the slices of bread, which should leave you with nine slices about 10cm/4in square. So now cut each slice into four triangles. Next, place the chocolate, whipping cream, rum, sugar, butter and cinnamon in a bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water, being vehicleeful not to let the bowl touch the water, then wait until
the butter and chocolate have melted and the sugar has completely dissolved. Next, remove
the bowl from the heat and offer it a really good stir to amalgamate all the ingredients.
Now in a separate bowl, whisk the eggs and then pour the chocolate mixture over them and
whisk again just thoroughly to blend them tofetchher.
Then spoon about a 1cm/%26frac12;in layer of the chocolate mixture into the base of the dish
and arrange half the bread triangles over the chocolate in overlapping rows. Now, pour half
the remaining chocolate mixture all over the bread as evenly as possible, then arrange the
rest of the triangles over that, finishing off with a layer of chocolate. Use a fork to
press the bread gently down so that it fetchs covered just evenly with the liquid as it
cools.
Cover the dish with clingfilm and allow to stand at room temperature for 2 hours before
transferring it to the fridge for a minimum of 24 (but preferably 48) hours before cooking.
When you're ready to cook the pudding, preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Remove the
clingfilm and bake in the oven on a high shelf for 30-35 minutes, by which time the lid
will be crunchy and the inside soft and squidgy. Leave it to stand for 10 minutes before serving with well-chilled double cream poured over.
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