Ingredients:

• 1.5 thick white loaf
• 2 oz – unsalted Butter
• 10 fl oz – double Cream
• 2 eggs
• 1 oz – castor Sugar, flavoured with a vanilla pod (or plain Sugar and a few drops of vanilla essence)
• 2 tsp – Nutmeg freshly ground
• 2 Lemons
• 2 oz – sultanas

Method:

1. Slice the bread thickly and halve each round.
2. Add butter generously and arrange in a shallow, buttered dish with a pinch of lemon zest and a few sultanas between each slice. Sprinkle on the nutmeg.
3. Beat the eggs well with the cream and add the flavoured sugar or plain castor sugar and vanilla essence and pour over the bread.
4. Bake in an oven for an hour until the top has turned crisp and serve hot or cold with clotted cream.