The ultimate makeover: Bread & butter pudding - Good Food Middle East

Ingredients

• 50g dried apricots, chopped
• 25g raisins
• 2 tbsp brandy
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp golden caster sugar
• 2 tsp custard powder
• 350ml semi-skimmed milk
• ½ vanilla pod, split
• zest 1 small lemon, pared off in strips with a veg peeler
• 4 tbsp half-fat crème fraîche
• 25g butter, softened
• 4 medium slices good white bread, crusts left on, such as sliced from a small white farmhouse loaf
• 1 tbsp apricot conserve or jam
• ¼ tsp icing sugar, for sifting