St Kitts: Caribbean Bread & Butter Pudding Recipe

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If there’s one thing I love to do when I travel, it’s to learn about the local food and produce. Today on St Kitts, we did just that.

Fairview House is a former plantation that’s now been turned into a heritage museum and restaurant. As well as touring the beautiful grounds, the site plays host to a cooking demonstration outfit called Caribbean Cooks (sometimes also known as Island Flavours).

Run by British expat Janice Ryan who’s lived on the island for 26 years, it’s a wonderful place to get acquainted with the edible riches of St Kitts.

Janice’s demonstration included five different dishes: jerk pork loin, creole fish in tomato broth, island rice and peas, green banana escovitch and the recipe I’m going to share with you now…

Recipe: Caribbean Bread & Butter Pudding

This coconut and rum-infused take on bread and butter pudding is melt-in-your-mouth good, and the taste will stay with you for days.

Ingredients:

3 cups of thick white bread, cubed

1/2 cup of tinned coconut milk

1/2 cup of grated coconut

1/2 cup of granulated sugar

5 eggs

1 cup of thick cream

1/4 cup of softened butter

1/2 rum-soaked raisins

For the rum sauce:

1/2 cup of granulated sugar

1/4 cup melted butter

1/2 golden rum

Method:

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees or gas mark 4. Pop the cubed bread into an oven dish and set aside next to the hob. In a mixing bowl, combine the coconut milk, sugar, eggs, butter and cream until you have one smooth mixture. Pour the liquid mix over the bread until it’s covered, then sprinkle the grated coconut and rum raisins evenly on top. Place in the oven for around 30 minutes, or until the top is a light golden brown. While it’s baking, add the butter and sugar for the rum sauce into a hot frying pan. Keep over a low heat, and when it’s nice and warm, add the golden rum. Burn the alcohol off and add as a glaze to the top of the pudding when you remove it from the oven. Let the pudding cool down for a couple of hours, and then indulge!

Be sure to pick up Caribbean Potluck: Modern recipes from our family kitchen for more great Caribbean recipes.

For info on St Kitts, visit the tourism authority’s website here. For Fairview House and the Nirvana Restaurant, visit the website here.