Apricot Jam Bread Pudding

• some stale hard old bread
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup whole milk
• 2 heaping tablespoons apricot jam
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• Pinch ginger powder
• Pinch salt
• Handful mixed white and dark raisins
• 1 pear

1. Preheat the oven to 180C / 360f. Well the raisins in warm water for 10 minutes.rnPeel the pear and cut it into small pieces, a little smaller than the bread. If you have a very ripe and soft pear you don't have to bake it but if it is a little hard you might want to bake it in some butter before you add it to the oven dish; and if you like the taste of baked pear you can do this anyway.
2. Cut the bread in pieces and put it in a small oven dish with the pear and the raisins.
3. Mix the egg, milk, jam and the spices together (don't forget to add a pinch of salt)rnPour the mixture over the bread in the oven dish and slide it in the oven. If the bread is really hard you might want to let it soak for a couple of minutes before you slide it in the oven.
4. (You will be jumping up and down in front of the oven soon, impatient for it to be ready; the smell just drives you crazy.)rnBake for about 30 minutes or until a knife comes out clean.

bread, eggs, milk, apricot, cinnamon, ginger powder, salt, handful mixed, pear

Taken from food52.com/recipes/3254-apricot-jam-bread-pudding (may not work)