Chocolate Hot Cross Bun & Butter Pudding

Chocolate Hot Cross Bun & Butter Pudding

Joe Lovell
Joe Lovell
Mar 30th 2022
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The DREAM choc & butter pudding for you to enjoy this Easter!⁠ The secret is in Joe's Michelin-star skills and our partnership with Doisy and Dam this April to make things super easy and tasty for you at home!

choc pud ⁠ Joe's top tip is to add a rich peanut butter layer to hot cross buns before dipping them in a homemade chocolate custard topped with Doisy & Dam’s choc truffles and crunchy ballers. Prep everything in a tray in advance to simply bake on the day!

Perfect for a little Easter weekend baking and a lot of enjoying. 😉 🍫

Chocolate Hot Cross Bun & Butter Pudding

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🗒 Ingredients for 4 to share 🗒

⁠ Chocolate Custard: ⁠

  • 350ml Coconut milk ⁠
  • 150ml plant cream ⁠
  • 30g Sugar ⁠
  • 15g Cornflour ⁠
  • 2tsp Vanilla extract ⁠
  • ½ orange zest ⁠

⁠ Hot cross buns:⁠

  • 5 hot cross buns (recipe or use shop bought)⁠
  • 50g Butter ⁠
  • Crunchy whole peanut butter ⁠
  • 1 banana - sliced⁠
  • 3 Doisy & Dam Dark chocolate truffles - chopped
  • Doisy & Dam Crunchy ballers (as many as you wish)

👩‍🍳⁠ Method 👩‍🍳⁠

  1. For the choc custard sauce: add coconut milk, plant cream, sugar, cornflour, vanilla and orange in a pan on medium heat, whisking till boiling. Once it thickens remove from heat and leave to cool

  2. Slice hot cross buns to spread with butter & peanut butter⁠

  3. Layer the bread in a tray and add in custard

  4. Add banana slices and chocolate truffles on 2 layers. Repeat 3 times. (save some custard for serving)

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  1. Press with fingers to push bread into custard. Set in fridge for 30min or overnight if you can

  2. Preheat the oven to 160c fan/gas mark 4

  3. Remove from fridge and add in oven for 30min

  4. Serve with the remaining custard or ice cream & sprinkle with some crunchy chocolate balls⁠.

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Joe Lovell

Joe Lovell

Head Chef & Development at Planty

Joe is fully immersed in UK food culture, inspiring his staff with his crazy energy and sense of humor. With a Michelin star background - having worked hundreds of hours in Gordon Ramsay’s kitchens, including the well-known Petrus restaurant - Joe is now Planty’s Head Chef & Development, helping to create a better way for people to switch to eating more plants


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