Nigella Lawson has unveiled her latest recipe, a 'So-Wrong-It's-Right Bread and Butter Pudding', which includes an unconventional ingredient: Laughing Cow cheese triangles. The dessert, created in partnership with Ocado, replaces the traditional butter with the iconic cheese spread, aiming to deliver a 'cheesecakey softness'.
The recipe uses simple sliced white bread and basic ingredients, rejecting the more elaborate brioche base often associated with bread and butter pudding. Lawson describes it as a fusion of two nostalgic food memories from her childhood: Laughing Cow cheese and bread and butter pudding. She said: 'It’s not sophisticated, it’s not elegant, but it delivers deep comfort on dark days.'
According to Ocado's Chief Customer Officer Laura Harricks, over a third of their customers believe everything is better with cheese, supporting the unusual pairing. She noted that the recipe is a low-cost winter comfort food using staple ingredients.
The preparation involves spreading each slice of bread with a Laughing Cow triangle, sprinkling caster sugar and lemon zest, then sandwiching the slices together before cutting them into triangles and baking. Lawson advises allowing extra time for steeping and resting before serving.
