Easy Steamy Fruit Pudding

An amazingly healthy and economical pudding. This is a great way to use up stale bread, and what's more, it has NO added fat, eggs or sugar! Cooking time is mostly passive.

• Ready In: 2 hrs 10 mins
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 3⁄4 cup skim milk
• 2  teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
• 2  cups  white breadcrumbs
• 2  cups  mixed dried fruit
• 2  bananas, mashed
• 1  cup  prepared low-fat custard, to serve

Directions

1. Combine milk with bicarb and set aside.
2. Grease a 6 cup capacity basin.
3. Place all ingredients except custard into a large bowl and mix well.
4. Pour into prepared basin and cover securely with foil.
5. Place basin into a large saucepan, and pour in enough water to come halfway up the sides of the basin.
6. Bring to the boil, reduce heat, then simmer, covered, for 2 hours.
7. Serve warm, cut in wedges, and drizzled with custard.