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Leftover puddings

Use your panettone, mincemeat, Christmas puds and cakes to create these luxury deserts you'd never guess were leftovers.
Chocolate croissant bread and butter pudding
by Suzie Lee

Use up stale croissants to make an impressive chocolate bread and butter pudding laced with hazelnut chocolate spread and dark chocolate chunks. Past-their-best croissants are often on discount in supermarkets and this is a great way to make the most of them.

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