Eggnog Panettone Ice Cream Cake Food

EGGNOG-PANETTONE BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 475 degrees F.
• Place a tea-kettle of water on to boil for a water bath. With a serrated knife, remove the side crusts from the half piece of the panettone. Cut into 3/4 to 1-inch dice. You should have 5 cups. Reserve the cubed panettone in a large mixing bowl.
• For the eggnog custard, in another bowl thoroughly whisk together the eggs, yolks, sugar, half and half, rum, vanilla extract, and a healthy grating of fresh nutmeg. Pour this over the bread cubes.
• Spray a 12 hole muffin tin with vegetable cooking spray. Ladle the bread/eggnog mixture gently and evenly into the muffin tins. The big cubes sticking up look nice. Place the filled muffin tin in a tall sided cookie sheet or roasting pan. Transfer to the preheated oven and carefully pour the hot water from kettle onto sheet pan, creating a water bath for the muffin tin to sit in.
• Bake 15 to 20 minutes until the tops are nicely browned, and a toothpick comes clean from the center.
• Bread pudding may be served warm or cold. Vanilla Ice cream or whipped cream would be great accompaniments.
• Alternately place the muffin tin in a roasting pan on the stove. Pour in up to 1-inch of boiling water. Cover and cook over medium-high heat for 15 to 20 minutes. The puddings will puff and a toothpick will come out clean from the center. The tops won't brown with this method. Perhaps a sprinkle of cinnamon sugar at serving time would be nice.

HOLIDAY PANETTONE

Steps:

• Empty the Holiday Panettone mix (recipe follows) into a bowl. Heat 1 cup whole milk, 1 stick butter, 1/4 cup honey and 2 tablespoons grated lemon zest to 120 degrees in a saucepan; stir into the mix. Mix in 2 lightly beaten eggs and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; cover and let rise until doubled in size, about 1 hour. Butter two 5-by-9-inch loaf pans or two empty 10-ounce coffee cans and line with parchment paper. Add the dough; cover and let rise 1 hour. Bake at 350 degrees until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, about 55 minutes. Cool before slicing.

EGGNOG ICE CREAM

Steps:

• In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat together the egg yolks and sugar until the yolks lighten in color and the sugar is completely dissolved. Set aside.
• In a medium saucepan, over high heat, combine the milk, heavy cream and nutmeg and bring just to a boil, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat and gradually temper the hot mixture into the egg and sugar mixture. Then return everything to the pot and cook until the mixture reaches 160 degrees F. Remove from the heat, stir in the bourbon, pour into a medium mixing bowl, and set in the refrigerator. Chill the mixture in the refrigerator until it reaches a temperature of 40 degrees F, approximately 4 to 6 hours.
• Once chilled, process in an ice cream maker according to the manufacturer's instructions. Serve as is for soft-serve, or place in an airtight container and put in the freezer for 2 to 4 hours for traditional ice cream.

ICE CREAM EGGNOG

Steps:

• Place the ice cream, rum, cognac, heavy cream, milk and vanilla in a blender and blend until smooth. Pour into glasses, and top each glass with a scoop of ice cream. Garnish with freshly grated nutmeg and serve immediately.

EGGNOG ICE CREAM

Steps:

• In the bowl of a stand mixer beat together the egg yolks and sugar until the yolks lighten in color and the sugar is completely dissolved. Set aside.
• In a medium saucepan, over medium heat, combine the milk and heavy cream and bring just to a simmer, stirring occasionally. Decrease the heat to low and temper in the egg mixture. Cook until the mixture just begins to thicken, approximately 5 minutes. Remove from the heat, stir in the nutmeg, bourbon and rum. Pour into a medium mixing bowl and set in the refrigerator. Chill the mixture in the refrigerator until it reaches a temperature of 40 degrees F, stirring occasionally. Once chilled, process in an ice cream maker according to the manufacturers' instructions. Place in an airtight container and put in freezer for 2 hours before serving

EGGNOG PANETTONE FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Trim ends and bottom from Panettone. Cut into 1 inch slices.
• Combine eggs, milk, eggnog, spices, and salt, and lightly beat in a large shallow bowl.
• Heat canola oil in a nonstick pan, using a paper towel to spread and remove excess.
• Dip each slice in egg batter on both sides. If you prefer a more custardy texture, allow to sit for 30 seconds or so on each side.
• Cook one or two slices at a time to golden brown, about 3 minutes on each side.
• Transfer to a plate and serve with your preferred accompaniments.