Rowie Butter Pudding

Rowie Butter Pudding recipe. I wasn’t sure what to call this one but it is a Scottish twist on a bread and butter pudding made with an Aberdeen favourite: the rowie. Rowie Butter Pudding was the best I got to between other names such as buttery butter pudding or rowie bread and butter pudding. A rowie, or also known as a buttery, an Aberdeen roll or a rollie, is a savoury Aberdonian bread roll made with tonnes of fat. I guess you could compare it to the slightly more elegant French croissant- but the rowie is much better! Legend has it that they were invented by Aberdeen Harbour housewifes for their fishermen husbands to take to sea- the high fat and salt content made them ideal for weeks at sea. Let me know if you try this Aberdeen pudding! My tasters were impressed, saying it was nicer than any original bread and butter pudding they’d had! Let me know what you think over on Instagram 

RECIPE

Difficulty LEVEL: Rookie

Serves 4-6

Ingredients:

• 6 rowies
• Butter
• Raspberry jam
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 200ml milk
• 200ml double cream
• 50g soft brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 1 teaspoon mixed spice
• Freshly grated nutmeg
• Demerara sugar

METHOD

1. Butter a dish large enough to have two layers of rowies. Spread the rowies on both sides with thin layers of butter and jam. Do this in the dish you are going to bake it in to reduce mess!
2. Slice each rowie into four triangles and layer in the dish. It doesn’t really matter how you do it, but it would work best with 2 layers.

2. In a jug, mix together the milk, cream, sugar, vanilla, mixed spice and add the beaten eggs.

3. Preheat the oven to 170C. Pour the mixture over the rowies and allow to sit for about 20 minutes. 4. Top with grated nutmeg and a tablespoon of Demerara sugar and bake for around 30 minutes until set. 5. Serve with ice cream, cream or custard!

If you liked my Rowie Butter Pudding try out another of my Scottish recipes, Haggis Neeps and Tatties Spring Rolls

TIPS

• Use the same recipe for other types of bread; brioche or croissants would make a nice change to white bread too- but be sure to try rowies first!
• Add some dried fruit to the layers such as currants or raisins.
• Use strawberry jam or marmalade instead of raspberry jam