Chocolate Strawberry Bread Pudding Food

STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter the bottom and sides of an 8 inch square baking dish with the melted butter.
• Toss bread with the chopped strawberries, and place into the prepared pan. Beat the eggs, milk, cream, strawberry preserves, sugar, and vanilla in a medium bowl until frothy. Pour over the bread and lightly press down with a spatula until the bread has absorbed the milk mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 45 minutes, or until the top springs back when lightly tapped.

STRAWBERRY-CHOCOLATE CHIP BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees with rack in the middle of oven. Lightly butter one side of all the bread with 4T of softened butter. Set the bread, buttered side up, on a large baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes or until lightly toasted.
• Meanwhile, hull and thickly slice strawberries. Put them in a bowl and sprinkle with 2 T sugar. Toss and set aside.
• When bread is toasted, reduce oven temperature to 325 and set a large roasting pan half filled with water on the middle rack to act like a water bath. Trim the crusts off the bread and slice diagonally in half to form triangles.
• Use the remaining 1 T butter to grease a 9x12 inch baking dish. Line the sides of the dish with pieces of bread, points up. Line the bottom of the dish with more bread. Stand the remaining bread, points up, wedged between the bottom slices. (Don't worry if there are some spaces in between the slices or if the pieces standing up are a bit leaned over).
• Scatter almonds and chocolate chips over the bread and between the slices. Lift the strawberries with a slotted spoon, leaving the juices behind, scatter them around the dish.
• In a large saucepan heat the half and half and the remaining 1 Cup of sugar over moderate heat, stirring to dissolve the sugar, until the mixture is hot but not boiling.
• In a medium bowl, beat the whole eggs and egg yolks to blend. Whisk in vanilla. Remove the hot half and half from heat and immediately whisk into the eggs. Pour custard through a sieve into the baking dish. Set the dish in the rasting pan and bake for 35-40 minutes or until custard is set.
• Remove from water bath and serve warm, room temp or chilled.

STRAWBERRY BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• In a small sauce pan combine undrained strawberries and cornstarch.
• Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture thickens and bubbles.
• Spread evenly over bottom of 11 x 7 baking dish that has been sprayed with cooking spray.
• In a mixing bowl combine eggs, milk, sugar, butter, vanilla and salt.
• Add bread cubes to moisten.
• Spread evenly over strawberry mixture.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 50-55 minutes.
• Serve warm with cream.