Queen of Puddings | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson

Ingredients

• 150 grams brioche (cut into slices and left to stale)
• 50 grams unsalted butter (soft, plus more for greasing)
• 500 millilitres full fat milk
• 1 unwaxed lemon (finely grated zest, plus 2 teaspoons of juice)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 25 grams caster sugar
• A pinch of fine sea salt
• 4 large eggs yolks only (reserve whites for meringue topping)
• 175 grams plum jam (or other jam)
• 4 large egg whites (from eggs above)
• 100 grams caster sugar (plus more for sprinkling)