Blueberry Pecan Bread Pudding With Amaretto Sauce Food

BLUEBERRY BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Whisk 2 eggs, 1 cup milk, 1/2 cup sugar and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon in a large bowl. Add 4 cups bread cubes and 1 cup blueberries; let soak 30 minutes. Butter a large sheet of nonstick foil and add the bread mixture. Fold in the sides of the foil and seal to form a packet, leaving room for steam to circulate. Grill over indirect heat, rotating the packet a few times, 35 minutes.

BLUEBERRY WHITE CHOCOLATE BREAD PUDDING WITH AMARETTO CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, 3 cups of cream, milk, brown sugar, butter, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Fold in bread and let stand 30 minutes at room temperature. Stir occasionally.
• Meanwhile, whisk together amaretto and cornstarch in a small bowl. In a medium saucepan, heat 1 1/2 cups cream over medium-high heat. Cook until hot, about 5 minutes. Whisk in amaretto mixture and bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer for about 2 minutes, until thickened. Remove from heat and whisk in sugar. Set aside.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 9x13-inch baking dish with butter.
• Mix white chocolate, and all blueberries into bread mixture.
• Pour mixture into prepared dish and sprinkle almonds on top.
• Bake for 1 hour, or until set. Let cool 20 minutes before serving with amaretto cream.

BLUEBERRY BREAD AND RICE PUDDING WITH ORANGE CARAMEL SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Spread the bread cubes out on a baking sheet and bake until toasted and golden, tossing halfway through, about 15 minutes. Let cool.
• Whisk together 1 cup of the evaporated milk with the 2-percent milk, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla, nutmeg, a pinch of salt and eggs in a large bowl. Add the cooled bread cubes and wild rice. Toss to combine and set aside until the bread soaks up most of the liquid, about 30 minutes.
• Stir the blueberries into the mixture and transfer to a lightly oiled 2-quart baking dish. Top with the almonds and bake until the bread pudding is set and golden, 30 to 40 minutes. Remove and let rest for a few minutes.
• Meanwhile, add the remaining 2 tablespoons sugar to a small saucepan. Swirl over medium-low heat until the sugar dissolves and turns amber, about 7 minutes. Stir in the remaining 1/4 cup evaporated milk, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, orange zest, orange juice and a pinch of salt. Bring to a simmer and cook until slightly thickened, about 2 minutes. Drizzle the caramel sauce over bread pudding. Serve warm or at room temperature.

BLUEBERRY PECAN CRUNCH BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• 1. You can do all these steps the day of just let the custard soaked bread rest in the fridge for at least 30 minutes prior to baking. The directions I am giving are for making this overnight. Use any bread you like, any fruit you like. Don't like nuts, leave them out.
• 2. Tear what ever bread you have on hand into one-inch pieces into a bowl. Cover with a paper towel and leave out overnight. Note: My loaf happened to be 18 oz which I think was too much. I added an extra cup of milk to the egg milk mixture it did not look like it was enough for the 18 oz of bread.
• 3. For the topping, cream the one cup of brown sugar with the one stick of butter. You can add another half cup of sugar if you like it sweeter.
• 4. Add pecans cover and chill overnight.
• 5. You see in this photo a cup or so of bread that I added to the topping mixture? I had a handful of old very sweet brioche bread I bought at Wegmans I did not want to toss out so I thought considering I have reduced the sugar by half in most recipes this might be a good idea. Not necessary of course.
• 6. If using the bread, mix into pecan/butter mixture and chill overnight.
• 7. The next day, beat cream cheese, zest, and sugar until creamy.
• 8. Add milk and beat carefully.
• 9. Add salt and vanilla. Beat.
• 10. Add one egg at a time beating in between each. Set aside. You will want the bubbles that have formed to diminish as much as possible before adding to the bread.
• 11. Butter a 9x13 glass pan lightly. Then sprinkle turbinado, aka demerara sugar, over the butter lightly. Or, use any sugar you have handy.
• 12. Put a handful of bread covering bottom. Sprinkle some pecans and blueberries.
• 13. I was able to do this three times at the end press bread down.
• 14. Pour the egg milk mixture over the entire surface.
• 15. Cover and let sit overnight.
• 16. The next day, take the bread pudding and topping out of fridge let the chill come off. Break apart the topping and add to the bread pudding.
• 17. Cook at 350 degrees for 45 - 60 minutes depending on your oven. You do not want to overcook it, so after 35 minutes test it with a knife you want it to come out clean.
• 18. I have seen some people top this dish with a sauce of 2 cups of confectioners sugar, 1 tsp of vanilla and 4-6 tsp of water or milk just enough to make a smooth sauce that you can drizzle. Or you can use a dollop of ice cream or whipped topping.

ALMOND AMARETTO BREAD PUDDING WITH AMARETTO SAUCE

Steps:

• 1. Grease a 9 x 11 x 2 inch baking pan with butter or margarine.
• 2. Cut or tear French bread into 1/2 - 1 inch pieces. Soak in milk and condensed milk until all milk is absorbed.
• 3. In separate bowl, mix eggs, sugar, almond and vanilla extracts and Amaretto.
• 4. Combine all ingredients, then stir in raisins. Fold in cinnamon - most of the cinnamon will stay on the surface (it doesn't have to be evenly mixed.)
• 5. Pour into buttered baking dish and sprinkle the top with almonds pieces and a little cinnamon. Bake at 350º F for 40-55 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.
• 6. SAUCE DIRECTIONS:
• 7. In a small bowl, dissolve the cornstarch in the Amaretto and whisk until smooth.
• 8. In a medium saucepan, scald cream over medium heat. Add the Amaretto slurry to the hot cream and whisk constantly. Bring mixture to a boil then reduce heat and cook for 30 seconds, whisking constantly.
• 9. Remove saucepan from the heat and add sugar. Whisk until sugar is dissolved and allow sauce to cool down before serving with bread pudding.
• 10. NOTE: I don't use raisins in this recipe but if you love raisins in your bread pudding then add them. It's good both ways.

CARAMEL PECAN BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Spray a microwave safe 2-quart square casserole dish with nonstick cooking spray. Place bread cubes in casserole; sprinkle in pecans, then pour melted butter over all. Toss lightly.
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Whisk together half and half, eggs, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg.
• Pour evenly over bread cubes and let stand 5 minutes.
• Microwave on Medium (50% power) 10-12 minutes, until mixture is just beginning to set.
• Place in preheated oven 12-15 minutes until pudding is puffed and golden brown.
• Remove from oven to wire rack; let stand 15 minutes to cool slightly.
• Soften caramel topping in microwave to a pourable consistency; drizzle over warm bread pudding.
• To serve, cut into squares or spoon into dessert dishes.
• Serve, if desired, with whipped cream or thawed non-dairy whipped topping.

BLUEBERRY PECAN BREAD PUDDING WITH AMARETTO SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Grease a 13 x 9 glass baking dish.
• Break bread into large pieces and place in a large bowl.
• Pour in the milk and stir to combine. Let sit 10 minutes.
• Add remaining pudding ingredients and stir to combine.
• Pour into baking dish and bake 40-45 minutes until golden brown.
• Remove from the oven and then make the sauce by melting butter and sugar together in a small sauce pan over low heat.
• Off heat, whisk in egg yolk and Amaretto. Heat 2 more minutes then pour over the bread pudding. You may have more sauce than you need depending on your dish.
• Serve hot or cold. I like it best hot.

CRANBERRY APPLE PECAN BREAD PUDDING WITH VANILLA CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Pudding:.
• in a medium bowl, toss sliced apples with lemon juice and set aside.
• in a large bowl, beat the eggs till frothy and light in color. Add the sugar, vanilla, nutmeg and cinnamon and beat till smooth.
• Stir in the butter, half and half and brandy.
• Toss the apples, cranberries, pecans with the bread cubes.
• Place the bread mixture in a greased 9x5 loaf pan (or individual custard cups). Pour the egg mixture evenly over the bread. Cover with foil and weigh down with a bag of rice or dried beans to encourage the bread to absorb the liquid. Refrigerate for 30-60 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 325. Remove the foil and weights and place the pudding in a larger pan with 1 inch of hot water. Bake for 55 minutes or till set.
• Increase oven temperature to 425 and bake 10 minutes more, till lightly browned. Serve warm with room temperature sauce.
• Vanilla Cream Sauce:.
• Combine milk (or cream) with flour and sugar in a saucepan. Add butter. Heat over medium high heat till it bubbles, stirring. Continue to heat gently till thickened. Stir in vanilla.

RAISIN PECAN BREAD PUDDING WITH BRANDY SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350º F degrees.
• 2) Soak bread in one cup of the half and half for one hour.
• 3) Butter a 1-quart baking dish.
• 4) Beat remaining half and half with eggs, sugar and vanilla.
• 5) Add raisin and pour over the soaked bread, combine well.
• 6) Transfer to prepared 1-quart pan.
• 7) Combine, cinnamon, nutmeg, brown sugar and pecan. Sprinkle on top of pudding and dot with butter.
• 8) Bake 1 hour or until set. Allow to cool 30 minutes before cutting.
• 9) Serve with Brandy sauce or ice cream.
• (Brandy Ice Cream Sauce).
• Over medium heat, melt the ice cream in a 10-inch sauté pan.
• In a separate bowl, lightly beat the egg yolks. Slowly, add 1/4 to 1/3 cup of the hot melted ice cream to the egg yolks, whisk to combine well.
• Return the egg yolk mixture back into the remaining hot ice cream.
• Stirring constantly, return the sauce to a strong simmer. 2 to 3 minutes.
• Add the brandy, mix well.
• Remove from the heat and serve.

BLUEBERRY BREAD WITH WALNUTS OR PECANS

Steps:

• Serve and enjoy!

PECAN BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Grease an 8"x8" baking pan with 1 tablespoon of butter. In a large mixing bowl mixing bowl, beat the eggs and add the half and half, and 1 cup of the brown sugar. Stir in the salt and nutmeg. Add the bread cubes and 1/2 cup of the pecan, and allow to sit for 20-30 minutes until the bread is completely soaked with the custard.
• Pour into the baking pan, sprinkle with the remaining pecans and brown sugar. Dot the top with 3 tablespoons butter broken into small pieces.
• Bake in a pre-heated 350 F oven for 30-40 mins, or until set and golden brown on top.
• This is great served warm with ice cream or a custard sauce. I like it cold for breakfast too!

BREAD PUDDING WITH AMARETTO SAUCE

Steps:

• Place raisins in small bowl. Pour amaretto over and let soak 20 minutes. Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Generously butter 12x9x2 baking pan. Place bread in a large bowl. Pour milk and half-and-half over. Let soak 5 min. Mash with fork or potato masher.
• Whisk eggs with sugar, butter, vanilla and cinnamon in medium bowl. Mix with bread, Add raisins, toss to coat. Transfer bread mixture to prepared pan.
• Bake until is deep golden-brown about 1 hour. Remove from oven, let cool.
• For Sauce
• Melt butter with both sugars in heavy medium saucepan, over low heat, stirring until sugars dissolve.
• Whisk egg in small bowl. Gradually whisk in some of melted butter mixture. Return mixture to saucepan and whisk until smooth, 1 min. DO NOT BOIL * whisk in amaretto *.
• Spoon over warm bread pudding. Cut pudding into 12 to 16 pieces. Serve with Cool Whip if desired.

AMARETTO BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Cut or tear bread into 1/2 inch pieces. Place into a large bowl and cover with half-and-half.
• Let mixture stand for 1 hour in the refrigerator.
• Preheat oven 350 degrees
• In a small mixing bowl, beat the eggs, sugar and almond extract.
• When the bread is ready, stir in egg/sugar mixture into the bread mixture.
• Gently fold in the almonds.
• Grease a 9x13 baking dish with the 2 tablespoons of butter.
• Pour mixture into the baking dish and bake for 1 hour or until top is golden.
• Remove from oven.
• Sauce
• Stir the butter and sugar together over low heat until sugar is dissolved.
• Remove from heat, briskly whisk in the egg and Amaretto.
• Pour sauce over bread pudding and serve.