Today, I wanted to do something special for Janet, for her birthday. We started watching this thing on youtube about Mary Berry...have you heard of her? She is a famous baker/cook from Britain who is a lovely person....and she is the judge on The great British Bake-off, and also the The Great British baking show. (the only difference in the shows is the bake-off one is for the UK and has been going on for like 6 seasons. The other one is for the US and has been running on PBS for the last 2 years.) They are fantastic to watch! If you haven't tuned in....you should! Run don't walk to your computer....
Anyway....we were watching a thing about her life, and she started making the most fabulous bread pudding, and Janet said...."my favorite thing is a raspberry bread pudding they have at Kneaders....with a fantastic sauce on top." The idea was planted in my brain, and off I went to the Albert Heijn. Now that is a perfect example of what everything is like over here....Albert Heijn..or the heir of Albert...get it.....ALBERT'S SON.....A-L-B-E-R-T-S-O-N-S.
Like I said....everything is the same....but different. I was trying to gather ingredients for my raspberry bread pudding. I found a copy cat recipe for the Kneaders one...and was trying to find the ingredients that were specific....but written in Dutch. Yikes....that's hard! Shopping at the grocery store here is like putting a puzzle together....looking at packaging and trying to guess what is inside! I found this.... what I thought was cream. I asked a lady standing by me...."is this cream that is sweet, not sour" she assured me that it was so I bought it...
She was right...it was cream, but it was already whipped! I used it anyway and just hoped for the best!
It turned out great.....yummy, custardy, with a ribbon of raspberry running through, and a yummy sauce on the top. Sometimes....different is even better!
Life is good, with good friends and bread pudding.
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| Happy Birthday Janet! |
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