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Chocolate Bread Pudding

"I recently was in Waxhaw, outside of Charlotte, and discovered a great restaurant -- Dearstyne's Bistro," writes Suzanne Hoover of New Hill, North Carolina. "I would love to know how to make the chocolate bread pudding."

Courses: Dessert
Serves: 6 people

Recipe Ingredients

6 cups 1422mlCrustless French bread in 1" cubes
  = (abt 3/4 of a 1-lb loaf of French bread)
1/4 cup 49g / 1.7ozUnsalted butter - (1/2 stick) - melted
1 3/4 cups 414mlWhole milk
1 cup 237mlWhipping cream
4 oz 113gUnsweetened chocolate - chopped
1 cup 198g / 7ozSugar
4 cups 792g / 27ozEgg yolks (large)
  Whipped cream or vanilla ice cream - (optional)

Recipe Instructions

Butter 8- by 8- by 2-inch glass baking dish. Place bread cubes in large bowl; drizzle with butter and toss to coat. Transfer bread to prepared dish. Bring milk and cream just to simmer in heavy large saucepan. Remove from heat. Add chocolate; whisk until melted and smooth.

Whisk sugar and yolks in medium bowl to blend. Whisk chocolate mixture into sugar mixture. Pour custard over bread. Cover with plastic and let stand 1 hour (some custard will not be absorbed). (Can be prepared up to 2 hours ahead. Refrigerate.)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake pudding until just set but center moves slightly when dish is shaken, about 35 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature with whipped cream, if desired.

This recipe yields 6 to 8 servings.

Source:
Bon Appetit, February 2001

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