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Butter punding bread with chai recipe

Butter punding bread with chai recipe Ingredients 15 green cardamom pods 8 cloves 1 tsp freshly grated nutmeg (roughly half a whole nutmeg) 1½ tsp ground ginger ½ tsp flaked sea salt 400ml/14fl oz whole milk 150g/5½oz golden caster sugar, plus 1 heaped tbsp for sprinkling 1 tsp vanilla extract 2 tbsp Indian leaf tea, preferably Assam 1 long strip orange peel 1 cinnamon stick, broken in half 300g/10½oz brioche loaf, thickly sliced (or 10 slices of crustless, thickly cut white bread) 50g/1¾oz softened butter, plus extra for greasing 125g/4½oz mixed dried fruit 4 large free-range egg yolks 2 large free-range eggs 300ml/10fl oz double cream Method Put the cardamom pods and cloves in a pestle and mortar and pound for about a minute, or until the pods are split and the cloves are roughly crushed. Tip into a medium non-stick saucepan and add the nutmeg, ginger, salt and milk. Stir in the sugar, vanilla, leaf tea, orange peel and cinnamon stick.  Bring to a gentle simmer and co...