Bread and apple pudding

Bread pudding is a traditional Czech dish made from layers of bread soaked in milk, layered with apples, sugar, cinnamon, and sometimes raisins or nuts. It is then baked until golden brown. Bread pudding can be served as a dessert or a sweet main course, often topped with powdered sugar or a dollop of cream.

Ingredients:

• 8.8 oz / 250 g full-fat quark
• 1.8 oz / 50 g / 0,3 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 fl.oz / 30 ml cooking cream
• 1 1/4 cups / 10.1 fl.oz / 300 ml milk
• 4 apples
• 0.7 oz/20 g vanilla sugar
• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1 tbsp. ground walnuts
• Stale bread or baguette
• Raisins to taste (1.8 oz, 50 g)

Recipe steps:

1. Mix 8.8 oz (250 g) of full-fat quark with 1.8 oz (50 g) of sugar. Add 1 whole egg and mix thoroughly.
2. In a separate bowl, whisk together 1 whole egg with 1 fl.oz (30 ml) of cream. Add 1 1/4 cups (10.1 fl.oz, 300 ml) of milk and mix well.
3. Gradually dip slices of baguette or stale bread into the egg-milk mixture and layer them at the bottom of a baking dish.
4. Peel and grate 4 apples.
5. Sprinkle the apples with 0.7 oz (20 g) of vanilla sugar, 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon, 1 tablespoon of ground walnuts, and add raisins to taste.
6. Spread the quark mixture from step 1 over the apple layer.
7. Again, dip and layer more slices of baguette or stale bread. Brush the final layer of bread with melted butter.
8. Bake in a preheated oven at 350°F (180°C) for about 45 minutes, or until the top layer of bread is golden brown.
9. Generously sprinkle the finished bread pudding with powdered sugar and serve.