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Bread Pudding With Warm Bourbon Sauce

This signature dessert from New Orleans is a classic Creole dish.

Courses: Dessert
Serves: 6 people

Recipe Ingredients

4   Eggs (large)
1 cup 237mlWhole milk
1 cup 237mlWhipping cream
1/4 cup 49g / 1.7ozSugar
1 teaspoon 5mlVanilla extract
1   Salt
4 cups 640g / 22ozDay-old cinnamon-raisin bread with crusts - cut 1/2" pieces
1/2 cup 73g / 2.6ozPecans - toasted, chopped
  Bourbon Sauce - (see recipe)

Recipe Instructions

Butter 8-inch square baking dish. Whisk first 6 ingredients in medium bowl. Place bread and pecans in prepared dish. Pour milk mixture over and let stand 5 minutes. Push down bread into custard. Refrigerate 2 hours, pushing bread into custard occasionally.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Place bread pudding in large metal baking pan. Add enough boiling water to baking pan to come 1 inch up sides of dish with bread pudding. Bake until pudding is puffed and golden brown on top, approximately 50 minutes.

Remove dish with bread pudding from water and cool slightly. Cut into squares. Serve bread pudding warm with Bourbon Sauce.

This recipe yields 6 servings.

Source:
Bon Appetit, September 1999

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