Now is the time to buy panettone and brandy butter in the sales at the shops and supermarkets. Most are selling them half price even though they are not short dated. I make bread and butter pudding from them and freeze for later in the year. I usually make several in differing sized portions from single servings to give to my dad to a very large famly sized portion which will feed 6 to 8 people which I take with me on my weekends away with my sister and her family.
Simply slice the panettone and be generous with buttering it with the brandy butter. Arrange in layers in a dish of your choice and then pour over a ready made custard or one that you have made yourself from scratch (personally I never bother and use ready made). I then spinkle with sugar - vanilla sugar is lovely to use if you can get it, otherwise a soft brown sugar tastes equally as nice, othewise just plain sugar will do.
I then partially cook in the oven until almost done - still slightly soft in the middle and just starting to get a little crispy on the outside. Once cooked for approx 15/20 minutes, I leave to cool, cover in clingfilm and again cover just the top with tin foil. I put in the freezer and it will last for up to six months. Simply defrost and heat through in the oven. I remove the tin foil & clingfilm, replace the tin foil and initially cook for about 10 minutes with the tin foil on and then remove the foil for the last 5/10 minutes to make the top crunchy.
This makes a delicious, cheap and easy pudding which is great with cream, ice cream or more custard. I also make this at Easter when hot cross buns are in ready supply as a substitute for the panettone.
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