Rhubarb bread pudding with raspberry curd
Delicious bread pudding using rhubarb and raspberry curd. Perfect for the rhubarb season!

Rhubarb bread pudding
Remember all the way back to a couple of years when I decided it would be a great idea to start making all the recipes from one single issue of Donna Hay Magazine and post them here? Well, let me start by saying that I was a bit ambitious. In the magazine where about 8 different bread pudding recipes and also roughly 6 whole chickens. I got to number 25 eventually. Out of a total of 80 recipes.
Out of all the recipes the bread puddings where definitely among my favorite recipes. So delicious! This rhubarb bread pudding was originally made with raspberries. So you can use that if you prefer above rhubarb. But since I love rhubarb and it is the rhubarb season, I figured now would be a perfect time to repost this delicious recipe.

Super simple
Once you know how a bread pudding works, it really is not that complicated. You basically fill an ovendish with slices of brioche that you either cut or – in this case – roll and which you have brushed with a flavor of your choice. I love using lemon curd as you can see in this bread pudding with lemon curd but using the raspberry curd makes it less tart.
If you can’t find raspberry curd you can easily replace this with raspberry jam, which is more readily available. Jam will work just as well. Or you can substitute with lemon curd also. This recipe is essentially a basic recipe for bread pudding that you can tweak according to your liking.
What bread to use?
You can use any kind of bread in a bread pudding. I like to use brioche most of the time. That makes it a bit sweeter, but you can even use sour dough bread if that’s what you have available. The key is to try and use bread that is somewhat stale. Perfect for using up leftovers.
That said; I do use fresh bread too if I don’t have leftovers. And that works just as well. The end result will be somewhat softer. You can serve the rhubarb bread pudding with whipped cream, or with a bit of vanille icecream. That’s delicious when the pudding is still a bit warm.
Rhubarb breadpudding with vanilla
Equipment
- 1 ovendish roughly 20 x 20 cm
Ingredients
- 560 ml single cream
- 1 vanilla bean split and seeds scraped
- 3 eggs
- 75 gr caster sugar
- 300 gr rhubarb plus sugar to sweeten the rhubarb
- 1 brioche bread
- 220 gr raspberry curd
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180 C. Heat the cream, vanilla bean and seeds in a medium saucepan until it just comes to the boil. Remove from the heat and set aside, reserving the vanilla bean. Please the eggs and sugar in a bowl and whisk to combine. Gradually add the cream in and whisking until well combined.
- Put the rhubarb in pieces into a saucepan and add sugar to your liking. Bring to the boil and boil until it starts to fall apart
- Place the rhubarb curd (jam or lemon curd) in the bottom of an ovendish.
- Cut the slices of brioche lengthwise into long think slices and spread each slice with some raspberry curd or jam. Roll into a rol and cut into two. Place the rolls in the rhubarb with the cut side up. Repeat until the ovendish is full.
- Pour the creammixture over the top of the rhubarb rolls and leave to stand for 5-10 minutes before putting in the oven.
- Bake for 15 minutes and then cover with aluminium foil and bake for another 15-20 minutes or until golden and set. Allow to stand for 5-10 minutes before serving.
Nutrition Information
Disclaimer
The nutritional values above are calculated per portion. The details are based on standard nutritional tables and do not constitute a professional nutritional advice.
Rhubarb!!! This is all kinds of wonderful.
Love rhubarb and can’t get enough. This looks wonderful — thanks.
it looks delicious!
Thanks so much Dina!
I love Donna Hay’s recipes! And rhubarb! But it’s been years since I had some. I cannot find it in Zagreb maybe I get better luck when I move to Athens so it’s going to be next year for me! So I am pinning this for later use!
O such a shame you cannot find it in Zagreb. I don’t really know if it’s a thing they’d have in Greece… I’m seeing it all over the internet at the moment but never really thought about which region it wouldn’t be found in… It’s so good I keep doing more with it
That would be perfect for Saturday morning breakfast right this minute!
In fact, it would be good for anytime of day really…
You have some terrific recipes on your blog, but I’m a sucker for anything rhubarb and I cannot resist bread pudding!
I know right? I love bread pudding! Just soooo good!
I am a huge fan of bread pudding, and this is definitely such a unique variation! I love the idea of pairing tart rhubarb with sweet&tart raspberries – so luscious!
Thanks Ben! I love rhubarb on everything and you’re right ; the combination is fantastic 😉