King of puddings

“This pudding is a kind of mash-up of loads of good-old favourites with lovely goo, fruit and crunch ”

4 free-range eggs

565 ml milk

115 g fine breadcrumbs

225 g sugar , preferably vanilla sugar

4 level tablespoons jam , raspberry is really nice

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 150ºC/300ºF/gas 2. Separate 3 of the eggs. Put the yolks into a bowl with the remaining whole egg and beat together. Add the milk, breadcrumbs and 85g of the sugar. Put the jam on the bottom of a pie dish and spread it evenly. Pour the custardy egg and milk mixture over the jam. Bake in your preheated oven for 1 hour or until set.
2. Whisk the remaining 3 egg whites until stiff, then slowly add the remaining sugar until it is all mixed in. Pile it on top of the custard, then bake in the oven for a further 15–20 minutes until the meringue is set and lightly browned.