We had those yummy stuffed croissants for brunch during the weekend and I had some croissants leftover. What do i do with them? What else, other than the yummy caramel croissant pudding of Nigella Lawson!!! I have been eyeing this recipe for months now, yes, you wont believe it, months!! And why did i take so long to make it? i didn’t have croissants, silly!! well, that is a silly excuse, but that’s what it was, i never had any stale croissants and I somehow didn’t want to buy fresh croissants and make them stale just for this. So finally I bought croissants for something else, had leftover stale croissants because of that and here is the pudding!!
I am somehow very fascinated by all of Nigella’s shows. I just love everything she makes, love the English accent and like someone else said very recently, love how the very teeniest of sounds are captured in all these shows – like the chocolate chips falling into the bowl, the oil sizzling n more..I have watched this particular one over and over again that i think i know all the measurements of the ingredients by heart. So, here is a clipping of this video. You don’t exactly need the recipe as it is there in the video, but still I will write down how i used it with the units of measurements that I am now used to.
Nigella’s Caramel Croissant Pudding
What I used:
| 5 –6 small stale croissants 1 1/2 cups superfine (bakers) sugar 5 tbsp water 1 1/2 cups heavy cream 1 1/2 cups whole milk 5 tbsp bourbon ( 5 tbsp was infact a little strong for my taste, so I added a tbsp of vanilla to mask it) 5 eggs, beaten |
Tear the croissants, each into 3 pieces or so and place them in a single layer in a baking dish. Put the sugar and water in a saucepan and swirl it around a little to dissolve the sugar a bit. ON medium high heat, place the saucepan and keep swirling to dissolve the sugar. Do not stir! Apparently it crystallizes the sugar and what we need is a smooth caramel and not gritty as if we have added cornmeal to it. The sugar mix will boil a little and then slowly start becoming brown in colour. Keep swirling till the colour becomes “deep amber”. Now reduce the heat to low and add the cream, milk and bourbon and mix well. Take off the heat and add in the eggs, slowly. Mix well and pour this into the baking dish with the croissants. The croissants will float up but just dunk them in a little so that the top part of it gets coated with the mixture. Put the dish in the oven and bake for about 25-28 mins, till the top of the croissants are golden brown and the rest of the pudding bubbles a little.
Now all you need to do is to spoon some on to a plate and enjoy!!!!
Before I sign out, I would like to thank Smitha of Saffron Apron for passing on an award to me. More than the award, it is what she said that made my day – “I would love to hand it over to some of my blogger buddies in whose pages I see more of a "raw passion" for food and cooking than mere blog posts. According to me, these few have a big time infatuation with food. Their zeal never fails to impress and I’m always surprised at the time and effort that goes into each post of theirs. Love their recipes too.” Thank you so much girl!! 
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Pudding looks so delicious and i am drooling over it. Nice click
hi superchef…., i sat with the video on well, she did it so well, should i say it was as if she was an actress on a show, only thing is i had to believe my self that she really cooked it !!, mm the english she knows how to put the words, where to stress and make it a point i think !, Oh! the croissant thingy is too good too rich.., not for me, well i can make it for my kids !!, lovely, and congrats for ur award, as smitha said Oh! yes, I too feel the same when i read some of the blogs i go through the passion for food,thoughts, impressions and brilliant photography and each of them should be given this award, Some of them with their work & family & children make their time to spend sometime on blogging such beautiful innovative recipes…., I think most of the restaurants would have adapted them too…!!, you deserve the award enjoy it…
That looks mouth-watering! Yummy dish… Nice try!
Even i love her shows…I love the way she cooks,her accent,kitchen utensils..i completely enjoy her show..even i hv noted down this recipe from her show..but never tried it..It looks yummm..
Wow! This is so much better than bread and butter pudding.
One quick question – do you chill the caramel & cream mixture before adding eggs. Just thought they might curdle a bit if the mixture's too hot.
wow! wow! nice drooling …:P ..yummy ,delicious
Wow the shot is enough to make me drool! Superb! Congrats for the award..you truly deserve it
Oops I do have a doubt too..when adding beaten eggs to hot mixture, doesnt it curdle the eggs? Or does quick whisking while adding eggs save it from curdling?
This is one i’ve been wanting to try, as well…it looks so divine!
Oh wow. I love Nigella’s recipes and I am a big fan of caramel so I would enjoy this. Lovely photos!
oohh… I love this pudding… I think I am going to buy croissants , wait for them to go stale and then make this
hey nice video and congrats on ur award dear ..enjoi
Lovely, Just can imagine the great taste. Thank you for sharing.
Wow..it looks so delicious…must have made a lovely weekend brunch
thanks everyone!
@Simran and Pooja – Even i had the fear that won’t the egg curdle when i add it to the hot mixture, but it didnt. Just make sure that you take the pan off the stove and then while you keep whisking with one hand add the eggs to it and keep whisking for a couple of secs more. It will not curdle!
Hi Manju,
hmmm…let me get to the post now.
an A+ for the snaps 
I am awed by Nigella for reasons more than one! She is so so pretty! She can cook up a gorgeous dish with just any thing,she is so carefree and confident while she’s cooking…doesn’t look like she’s doing it consiously for a show
Ya ya … and the way she speaks love the accent and her smile!!!! love her midnight snacking
Wonderful pudding with left over croissants dear
Congratulations on the well deserved award! Wishing u get loads and loads of them
Enjoy!
TC
Thanks Manju for the quick reply
Nigella is the sexiest cook on TV…I love her style and her voice modulations, have probably seen all her shows…
That pudding looks exactly like the one she made…yummmm…
I too have it bookmarked since a long time, but like you I never have croissants left over…
Have to try it soon..
cool..the woman on the video actually made me watch it
Looks like a lovely treat.
That would be a rich dessert
That is some serious stuff! I love Nigella and the way she cooks, something tremendously sensual about it. Nice job re-creating it Manju.
very delish looking pudding. I too love Nigella’s recipes. I feel like having a bite:)
Oh yummy and I am so craving for some now!!! I wich I could reach out for one!!!
This is truly heavenly! I can see why it has been on your mind for so long. It is just delicious!
Love the caramel Croissant pudding Manju….looks so nice
. Even I like Nigella’s show a lot.
Oh, a croissant pudding sounds soo decadent and delicious!
superchef…ur blog is just beautiful..im following your blog from 2day..wonderful blog dear….
Wow very rich and delicious pudding…
Flaky, buttery croissants must make this just rich and scrumptious – looks decadent & inviting.
i have seen this show of hers and was tempted enough to give it a try and then had easily forgotten. thanks for the reminder girl
Yum yum yum! It looks so good! Thanks for sharing all these wonderful recipes! Can you share an easy to follow recipe for Biryani?
congrats on the award!
I always make croissant pudding in the winter…everyone raves about it! I should give this recipe from nigella’s a try, too.
nigella is gorgeous. i love her face. the pudding looks fabulous. if i buy croissants, i;d probably eat them all and have none left over for this. there’s some widget on your site (or was it the video?) that makes it take a loooong time to load.
this looks so yum,,even i like watchin her shows,..
I love her shows too… and this udding looks divine… like a heavenly version of bread pudding
Looks amazing. I just bought some mini croissants from Sam’s Club today. So this recipe will come in handy by Monday. Thank you!
Awwwwww man, those look so, so sooooo good! I know what you mean about letting a fresh croissant go stale though for a recipe. Almost a tragedy!
Made these for breakfast today for my family. Delish. I slightly adapted the recipe. I tore 4 croissants in smaller pieces, added 2 tbl. or rum, and 1/2 tbl. in cinnamon. Only used 1 cup of heavy cream and 1 cup milk with 4 eggs. I also didn’t wait for the sugar to caramelize. Instead I cooked the sugar for 5 minutes with water and added everything else and made a nice egg cream sauce. Poured it over the croissants and cooked it for 20 minutes at 375. Awesome! TY TY! Already sent a tweet out about your recipe. This is so perfect when I buy bulk croissants.
Congrats on the award.Looks awesome…..wow.
Wow that delicious pudding..drooling over the pics..fab
That looks absolutely awesome…
thanks everyone!
Alice – glad you liked it. Love the idea od adding cinnamon to it! Bet it tasted great!!
The lady does have a mesmerizing aura,I did cook up some of her delectable desserts,absolutely love the flavors in this decadent pudding:)
Used to watch Nigella a lot and do like some of her cooking though I must say I do find a lot of her cooking very rich. I can definitely do without those calories!
That aside, your croissant pudding does look good.