Apple and Calvados croissant butter pudding | Taste of France®

Ingredients

• 500 ml milk
• 500 ml double cream
• 1 vanilla bean (split)
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 3 star anise
• 2 tablespoons Calvados liqueur
• 3 eggs
• 3 egg yolks
• 200 g sugar
• 2 croissants (stale but not too stale)
• 2 tbsp butter (melted)
• 2 Braeburn apples
• 2 tbsp semi-dried apples (chopped)
• Large pie dish or baking pan (well greased)