This is the Italian version of the old favourite, with the same principle of using left over bread. Soak bread in milk for 1 hour to soften. Pour excess milk into a bowl and stir until a course puree.

This is quite a soft pudding, not too dense, perfumed with citrus and fennel, full of dried figs and sultanas, and it is to be washed down with a glass of sweet wine, such as Marsala. Credit: Hardie ...

Tempting though it may be to toss stale bread straight into the trash, there are plenty of recipes that utilize it as a key ...

This savoury bread pudding is rich with mushrooms, leeks, proscuitto and Italian-style cheese. I routinely get recipe or column requests from Times Colonist readers and they can really vary. Recently, ...

Italian bread Makes 2 pounds, 12 ounces 16 ounces water 1/2 ounce active dry yeast (2 packets) 28 ounces bread flour 1/2 ounce salt 1/4 teaspoon malt syrup* Optional toppings: sesame seed, poppy seed, ...

Everyone needs a good breakfast on Christmas morning and this is my go-to treat! I absolutely love panettone, a sweet bread with roots in Milan that's studded with dried fruits and candied ginger, to ...

Stale bread has never tasted so good ...