Enjoy! We got this recipe on our 1999 cruise to Alaska on the Nieuw Amersterdam. I swear this is a better/different recipe than what is made on the HAL ships now.

Serves Four

9 oz (240 ml) milk
3 fresh vanilla beans open face
5 eggs
1 loaf white bread (no crust)
1 oz (25 gr) raisins soaked in water
9 oz (240 ml) double cream
salt to taste
5 oz (150 gr) sugar
3 oz (75 gr) butter
1 teaspoon cinammon

Bring the milk, cream, butter, salt and vanilla beans to a boil. Mix eggs and sugar together, add simmering milk mixture and pass it through a sieve. Cut the bread into thin slices. Arrange bread in a buttered oven-proof dish. Put the soaked raisins between the bread layers and cover with the milk mixture. Place the oven-proof dish with the raw pudding in a roasting pan filled 1/3 with water to retain moisture and prevent the pudding from burning. Bake at a moderate heat (325??) for 40-45 minutes, until gold brown. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. Serve with vanilla sauce.
 

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