Cherry Chestnut Bread Pudding Food

CHERRY BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Combine milk, sugar, butter, vanilla, cinnamon, and salt in a small saucepan over low heat. Cook just until butter has melted and set aside to cool.
• Grease an 8x8-inch baking dish or spray with cooking spray.
• Add bread cubes to the baking dish. Whisk eggs into the butter mixture until well combined and pour over the bread cubes, pressing down a bit so bread cubes are submerged. Stir cherries into the bread cube mixture and distribute evenly. Let soak for 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Sprinkle cinnamon sugar over the bread pudding.
• Bake until the top is golden brown and the custard is set in the center, about 65 minutes. Bread pudding will puff up but drop shortly after coming out of the oven, just like a souffle. Place on a baking rack and cool for 10 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.

"DREAD" PUDDING WITH CHERRY "BLOOD" SAUCE

Steps:

• For the "dread" pudding: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter ten 6-ounce ramekins with the butter.
• Spread the sweet roll cubes on a baking sheet in a single layer. Bake until golden and lightly toasted, 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool. Lower the oven temperature to 325 degrees F.
• Whisk together the cream, almond milk, sugar, cocoa powder, vanilla, salt and eggs and yolks in a large bowl. Transfer the toasted roll cubes to the mixture, toss to coat and allow to sit for 15 minutes.
• Fold the chocolate chips and cherries into the cream and bread mixture and evenly divide among the buttered ramekins. Bake until the tops are crispy and the custard has set, 30 to 40 minutes.
• For the cherry "blood" sauce: Meanwhile, combine the cherries, brandy, honey and salt in a blender and blend on high until smooth, about 1 minute. Transfer to a medium saucepan and add the butter. Place over medium heat and cook, stirring occasionally, until thickened and reduced by about half, about 30 minutes.
• For the shortbread "tombstones:" On a baking sheet lined with parchment, lay the shortbread cookies smooth-side up. Add the white chocolate chips to a small glass or microwave-safe bowl and microwave in 15-second intervals until melted.
• Pick out icing letters to spell RIP or various names or initials. Using a toothpick, spread the melted white chocolate onto the back of the icing letters and glue them to the shortbread cookies to resemble tombstones. Spray each tombstone with the black food coloring mist spray and let dry for a few minutes. Spray each with the pearl food coloring mist spray and let dry for a few minutes.
• Serve the "dread" puddings with cherry "blood" sauce and garnish with the shortbread tombstones and mint sprigs.

CHERRY CHESTNUT BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Place half of bread cubes in nonstick or sprayed 9-inch square pan. Sprinkle half of chopped chestnuts and dried cherries on top; cover with remaining bread cubes.
• Stir remining ingredeints together in a bowl, and pour over bread cubes. Sprinkle with remaining chopped chestnuts and dried cherries.
• Bake uncovered until knife inserted in center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Serve warm or cool. Refrigerate leftovers.
• VARIATION: You can substitute dried sweetened cranberries for the dried cherries, and other roasted nuts such as walnuts for the roasted chestnuts.

CHOCOLATE CHERRY BREAD PUDDING WITH VANILLA SAUCE

Steps:

• For the vanilla sauce: Bring the milk and salt to a simmer over medium heat in a 2-quart heavy saucepan. Whisk together the yolks and sugar in a bowl until combined, and then add to the hot milk in a slow stream, whisking. Transfer the custard back to the saucepan and cook over moderately-low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until the custard coats back of a spoon, about 5 minutes. Pour through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl and stir in the vanilla. Cover the surface of the custard with a round of wax paper and chill until cold, at least 1 hour.
• For the bread pudding: Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. In large mixing bowl, toss together the donut slices, dried cherries and white chocolate. Set aside. In second large mixing bowl, stir together the sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. Measure out 1/4 cup of spiced sugar into a small bowl and set aside.
• In a third large mixing bowl, whisk together the eggs, cream, milk and vanilla. Whisk the eggs into the large bowl of spiced sugar, and then pour over the bread-chocolate mixture and stir to combine. Pour the batter into a 9-by-13-by-2-inch baking pan and sprinkle with the reserved 1/4 cup spiced sugar. Scatter the butter cubes over top and bake until golden brown and just set in middle, 50 to 60 minutes. Serve with the vanilla sauce.

CHERRY BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Cut the bread into 3/4-inch squares. Combine the milk and vanilla and toss with the bread in a medium bowl. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours or longer.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Butter a 9-inch ceramic tart pan or 2-quart baking dish. Arrange the pitted cherries in the dish.
• Remove the soaked bread from the refrigerator and beat with a whisk or an immersion blender until it becomes a mush. Beat in the egg yolks, almond flour, cinnamon, kirsch if using, and honey.
• In a clean, dry bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whip attachment, begin beating the egg whites on low speed. Gradually add the sugar, turn up the speed to high and whip until the egg whites form a soft meringue, about 1 minute. Be careful not to overbeat, as you do not want the mixture to dry out. Using a rubber spatula, gently fold the egg whites into the bread mixture. Scrape into the baking dish. Sprinkle the sliced almonds on top.
• Bake 40 minutes, until puffed and golden brown. Serve warm.

CHOCOLATE CHERRY BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• For the pudding: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a medium pot add the cream, milk, liquid from the cherries, maple syrup and salt and bring to a boil.
• In a separate bowl crack and whisk the eggs. In a larger bowl add the dark chocolate.
• Pour the warm liquid into the dark chocolate and whisk until the chocolate has melted. Slowly whisk in the eggs. Mix in the diced baguette and let it sit for 30 minutes.
• Place a cherry into each of eight 4-ounce ramekins, then fill the ramekins with the bread pudding mixture.
• Place ramekins on a baking sheet and bake for 30 minutes.
• For the brandy whipped cream: Whip the cream, brandy and granulated sugar until it holds stiff peaks. Serve the puddings topped with the cream.

BREAD PUDDING WITH CHERRIES

Steps:

• In a 1 qt saucepan over high heat, bring dried cherries and 3/4 cup water to boiling. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 10 minutes or until cherries are tender. Grease a shallow 3 qt casserole.
• In a large bowl with wire whisk; mix milk, half -and-half, brown sugar, vanilla extract, eggs, and cinnamon until well blended. Drain cherries, add any liquid to the egg mixture. Put cherries aside. Add bread slices to the egg mixture and let soak for 10 minutes, turning slices for even soaking.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Arrange enough bread slices in bottom of casserole, in one layer, pushing slices together, to cover bottom. Sprinkle 2/3 cherries over bread in casserole. Arrange remaining bread, overlapping slices to fit, on top. Scatter last 1/3 of the cherries on top. Pour any egg mixture remaining in bowl over bread in casserole. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
• Bake bread pudding 1 hour and 30 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean, covering loosely with foil during last 10 - 15 minutes of baking if top browns too quickly. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar. Serve warm with whipped cream. Refrigerate leftovers.

ULTIMATE TART CHERRY BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350, grease a casserole dish
• 2. Toss the cubed bread with the cinnamon, pecans and cherries and place in casserole dish.
• 3. Mix the eggs, milk, sugar, salt and vanilla well with a whisk.
• 4. Pour over the bread mixture and let it sit to absorb for an hour.
• 5. Bake until set, about an hour. This will depend on the depth of your dish, I like to use a deep dish. If you use a shallow dish check it after 45 minutes.
• 6. For the sauce:
• 7. Mix the flour and sugar in a small saucepan.
• 8. Add the juice and water.
• 9. Cook over medium heat until thickened. Stir frequently.
• 10. Set aside to cool.
• 11. Serve topped with the sauce and whipped cream.

NESSELRODE PUDDING ( CHESTNUT PUDDING)

Steps:

• Dice glacéed and candied fruits into bits and mix into the Marsala.
• Wash the currants and sultanas and soak them in warm water; when it's time to use them drain them well and dry them thoroughly in a clean dish towel or paper towels.
• In a heavy bottomed saucepan, heat the milk slowly until it nears boiling (watch carefully or it will scorch).
• Separate the eggs and discard whites or save them for another recipe.
• Place the yolks in a bowl and add the sugar, beating vigorously until the mixture is light and frothy.
• Whisk hot milk into the egg/sugar mixture in the bowl, then return the contents of the bowl to the saucepan.
• Reduce heat and stir constantly until the custard thickens.
• Strain the custard through a sieve.
• Whisk the chestnut puree, Maraschino liqueur and the custard together well; add the candied fruits, currants and sultanas.
• Whip the cream until it is very stiff, and fold it carefully into the mixture.
• Pour it into a charlotte mold lined with cling wrap.
• Cover tightly with foil and freeze for 24 hours.

CHERRY NUT BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Slice dinner rolls into small pieces or cubes, place into a nine inch cake pan.
• Carefully spoon pie filling onto dinner roll pieces being careful to have some cherries in each serving.
• Sprinkle walnuts over all and then sprinkle the top with the second 1/2 cup sugar.
• Beat the eggs, first 1/2 cup sugar, whipping cream and nutmeg.
• Melt butter and pour over the top of the cherries.
• After the egg mixture is well beaten pour over the whole mix and allow to sit for atleast one hour or overnight in the refrigerator.
• Place pan on a foil covered baking sheet and bake in a preheated oven at 325 degrees for atleast one hour.
• Check for doneness by inserting a knife into the center and if it comes out clean the pudding is done, if not bake longer until it does come out clean.
• Pudding will have a dome shape and a golden color when it is done.
• Serve hot or cold, serve with a Brandy hard sauce, whipping cream or ice cream.