After many years living in Hungary, strangely I haven't tried Mákos Guba before this. Perhaps because I am still getting use to poppy seeds. Slowly, I got used to it, but only in poppy seeds pie! Well, I think it is time to add another dessert which feature this ingredient into my limited experience.
Poppy seeds bread pudding {Mákos Guba}
adapted from I like Baking
Ingredients for 6 servings:
6 pcs stale crescent rolls (you could also use sweet bread, baguette)
450 ml milk
1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise and seeds scraped (or sub. with vanilla sugar)
40 g unsalted butter
75 g ground poppy seed (I used much more for 3 pax)
75 g castor sugar (or to taste)
4 tbsp honey
1 finely grated lemon rind
1 pinch of ground clove (sub. with ground cinnamon)
Method (for pictorial, check out the link provided!)
1) Pre-heat oven at 180°c. Lightly grease baking pan (26x17cm)
2) Slice up the rolls/bread and set aside.
3) Add vanilla seeds, honey and butter into milk and bring it to boil.
4) Pour boiled milk over the rolls/bread prep. earlier.
5) Mix together poppy seeds, lemon zest, ground cinnamon and sugar and sprinkle all over rolls/bread. Mix well. Be careful not to mush up the bread.
6) Pour the mixture onto the greased baking dish, prep earlier and let it bake in the pre-heated oven for 15 mins. or until the edges of bread are crispy.
7) Serve warm. To serve, you could sprinkle with icing sugar and drizzle over some custard.
