bread pudding

Meanings

nounbread pudding (usually uncountable, plural bread puddings)

uncountableusuallyA dessert made from stale bread, suet, egg, sugar or golden syrup, spices, and dried fruit.
"Once I'd got to Gloucester to visit the shed at Horton Road, I was sustained by tea and BR bread pudding from the station refreshment room."
2023 February 8, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 976, page 71
Synonyms: wet Nelly, wet nelly, Wet Nelly

nounA dessert made from stale bread, suet, egg, sugar or golden syrup, spices, and dried fruit.

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Hungarian kenyérpuding

kenyérpudingdessert made from stale bread, suet, egg, sugar or golden syrup, spices, and dried fruit

Irish maróg aráin

maróg aráindessert made from stale bread, suet, egg, sugar or golden syrup, spices, and dried fruit

Malay puding roti

puding rotidessert made from stale bread, suet, egg, sugar or golden syrup, spices, and dried fruit

Polish pudding chlebowy

pudding chlebowydessert made from stale bread, suet, egg, sugar or golden syrup, spices, and dried fruit

Swedish brödpudding

brödpuddingdessert made from stale bread, suet, egg, sugar or golden syrup, spices, and dried fruit

Welsh pwdin bara

pwdin baradessert made from stale bread, suet, egg, sugar or golden syrup, spices, and dried fruit

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