Bread pudding

Soak the dry fruits in kirsch or rum.

Trim the crust off the bread and slice or cube it; let it dry a day or two if still too soft.

Mix the eggs, egg yolks, sugar and vanilla, then add the milk, the soaked fruit and the bread and fold gently until just combined.

Grease the nonstick pan generously with softened butter and coat with flour so it unmolds easily.

Bake in a water bath at 350F, 180C, for about 50 minutes.