If you like cooking, it isn't usually difficult to follow a recipe in the language you are learning so why not try this one?
Summer pudding
All cultures have ways of using up leftover bread [i resti del pane] and here is a British one: Summer pudding is a traditional British dessert and it's very simple to make. This version is a little bit Sicilian because I've used whortleberries [mirtilli] and added the juice and rind of an orange! If you prefer, you can use forest fruits [frutti di bosco] instead of the whortleberries and raspberries.
Note / Nota: if you are a child, ask an adult to help you; se sei un bambino, chiedi aiuto ad un adulto.
You need:
300 gr frozen whortleberries [mirtilli]
300 gr frozen raspberries [lamponi]
About 12 slices pan carré if you are in Italy or 8 slices stale white bread. [Note: slices of pan carré are smaller than slices of packaged white bread in the UK.]
1 vanilla pod [bacca di vaniglia]
juice and grated rind of 1 orange
150 gr sugar
a little butter
You also need an 850 ml pudding basin, which looks like this:
Lightly butter [imburra] the inside of the pudding basin.
Cut the crusts [le croste] off the bread and use the bread to line the pudding basin. The base and sides of the basin should be completely covered with bread.
Put the fruits in a saucepan with the vanilla pod, orange rind and juice and sugar and cook over low heat, stirring, for about 5 minutes. Take the vanilla pod out and let the fruit cool.
When the fruit has cooled, pour it into the basin. Save a little juice to pour over the pudding at the end.
Cover the top of the pudding with slices of bread, too.
Now put a saucer [piattino] which fits the basin exactly on top of the pudding and put a weight [un peso] on top of that. [I used an unopened pot of jam, turned on its side.]
Leave the pudding in the fridge overnight.
When you are ready to serve the pudding, loosen it around the edges with a knife and quickly and fearlessly [senza paura!] turn it out onto a plate.
Pour the reserved juice over the pudding, decorate it with berries and / or mint and slice the pudding to serve.
Enjoy your summer pudding! Some British people serve this with cream [panna] or ice cream.
