New Orleans Bread Pudding With Amaretto Sauce Food

NEW ORLEANS-STYLE BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• For the Bread Pudding:.
• Butter a 9 by 13 inch baking pan. Set oven rack in lower third of oven and preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine all ingredients. Mixture should be very moist but not soupy. Pour into the buttered dish and bake 1 hour and 15 minutes until top is golden brown. Serve warm with Joe's Whiskey Sauce.
• For Whiskey Sauce:.
• Using a hand held mixer, cream butter and sugar in a saucepan over medium heat, beating until all butter is absorbed. Remove from heat and blend in yolks. Pour in bourbon gradually, stirring constantly. Sauce will thicken as it cools. Serve warm on warm bread pudding.

NEW ORLEANS STYLE BREAD PUDDING WITH WHISKEY SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Place the bread in a large bowl. Grease a 9 by 13-inch casserole dish with the remaining tablespoon of butter and set aside.
• Combine the heavy cream, milk, eggs, brown sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and raisins in a large bowl. Whisk to mix. Pour the cream mixture over the bread, and stir to combine. Allow the mixture to sit at room temperature for 30 to 45 minutes.
• Transfer the bread mixture to the casserole dish and bake until the center of the bread pudding is set, 50 to 60 minutes.
• Garnish the bread pudding with confectioners' sugar and serve warm with warm Whiskey Sauce.
• In a 1-quart saucepan set over medium heat, combine the cream, milk, and sugar. Place the cornstarch and 1/4 cup of the bourbon in a small mixing bowl and whisk to blend and make a slurry. Pour the slurry into the cream mixture and bring to a boil. Once the sauce begins to boil, reduce the heat to a gentle simmer and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes. Remove the sauce from the heat, add the salt, and stir in the butter and the remaining 1/2 cup of bourbon. Serve warm.

PANETTONE BREAD PUDDING WITH AMARETTO SAUCE

Steps:

• To make the sauce: Bring the cream, milk, and sugar to a boil in a heavy small saucepan over medium heat, stirring frequently. In a small bowl, mix the amaretto and cornstarch to blend and then whisk into the cream mixture. Simmer over medium-low heat until the sauce thickens, stirring constantly, about 2 minutes. Set aside and keep warm. (The amaretto sauce can be made 3 days ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Rewarm before serving.)
• To make the bread pudding: Lightly butter a 13 by 9 by 2-inch baking dish. Arrange the bread cubes in the prepared dish. In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, cream, milk, and sugar to blend. Pour the custard over the bread cubes, and press the bread cubes gently to submerge. Let stand for 30 minutes, occasionally pressing the bread cubes into the custard mixture. (Recipe can be prepared up to this point 2 hours ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Bake until the pudding puffs and is set in the center, about 45 minutes. Cool slightly. Spoon the bread pudding into bowls, drizzle with the warm amaretto sauce, and serve.

NEW ORLEANS BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine raisins and brandy. Bring to a boil. Remove from the heat; cover and set aside. Brush a shallow 2-1/2-qt. baking dish with 1 tablespoon butter; sprinkle with sugar and set aside., In a large bowl, combine the eggs, cream, brown sugar, vanilla, salt and nutmeg. Stir in remaining butter and reserved raisin mixture. Gently stir in bread; let stand for 15 minutes or until bread is softened. , Transfer to prepared dish. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean., For sauce, in a small saucepan, combine the brown sugar, cornstarch and salt; gradually add water. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in butter and vanilla. Serve with bread pudding.

AUTHENTIC NEW ORLEANS BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• First, grease an 11 x 14 Pyrex baking pan with the tablespoon of butter. The cut the stale French bread into 2"x2" squares and place them in the pan.
• Next, take a large mixing bowl and a piano wire whisk and make an egg custard by creaming together the eggs and the sugar until smooth.
• Then whip in the vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg until everything is thoroughly incorporated into the custard.
• Now stir in the scalded whole milk, the whipping cream, and the butter and work that well into the mixture.
• At this point pour the custard mixture over the bread chunks and, using your fingers, work it into the bread until the pieces soften (ideally, you want to allow the bread to truly "soak" into the custard).
• Then when the bread becomes "heavenly moist" and fluffy, evenly sprinkle on the raisins and the diced apple (again with your fingers, gently push them into the softened bread).
• Finally, sprinkle a little more cinnamon over the top of the pudding and bake in a preheated 325-degree oven for about an hour (or until the pudding turns a rich honey brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean).

NEW ORLEANS BREAD PUDDING WITH AMARETTO SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven 375 and grease a 9x13 pan(I use a disposable for easy clean up).
• Place bread cubes in a large bowl. In another bowl, mix together well, milk, sugar, eggs, vanilla, amaretto, cinnamon. Pour over bread and let soak for 10-20 minutes.
• Pour into buttered 9x13 dish and bake for 45 to 1 hour till center is done and browned on top(for moister pudding add another pan of water on the rack below).
• Cool 10 minutes before serving with sauce.
• For sauce: I always double this!
• Melt butter in a sauce pan. Wisk in powdered sugar, then amaretto.
• ENJOY!

EASY BREAD PUDDING WITH AMARETTO SAUCE

Steps:

• Pudding:.
• Preheat oven to 350°.
• In a large bowl mix bread cubes and raisins so they are well dispersed.
• drizzle melted butter onto of bread and raisins.
• In a separate bowl mix beaten eggs, milk, whipping cream, sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla until well incorporated.
• Add egg mixture to bread and fold until bread is well soaked.
• Turn bread mixture into a well greased casserole or baking dish, using spatula spread mixture out evenly in pan.
• Bake at 350° for 45 minutes. Check center with toothpick for doneness. If toothpick does not come out clean bake additional 3 minutes.
• Sauce:.
• Add milk, cream, vanilla and sugar to saucepan and heat over medium low heat stirring often just until it begins to boil. Remove from heat.
• In a small mixing bowl whisk corn starch to amaretto until there are no lumps.
• Add amaretto mixture to saucepan and whisk over low heat until sauce thickens and is smooth - about 2 minutes.
• Sauce should be served warm. Sauce can be stored for up to 3 days ahead.

CHALLAH BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Prepare bread pudding: Put challah pieces in a large bowl; add half-and-half. Cover and let sit for 1 hour.
• After 1 hour, preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Butter a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Whisk sugar, eggs, melted butter, and almond extract together. Stir into the challah mixture. Fold in almonds and raisins and pour into the prepared baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 50 minutes. Remove from the oven; keep the oven on.
• Mix together confectioners' sugar, melted butter, amaretto liqueur, and egg for sauce. Pour over bread pudding and bake for 10 to 15 more minutes. Serve warm.

SAN FRANCISCO SOURDOUGH BREAD PUDDING WITH AMARETTO SAUCE

Steps:

• Place bread cubes in a 9x13-inch baking dish. Add raisins and almonds.
• Combine milk, eggs, sugar, butter, vanilla extract, and cinnamon in a mixing bowl. Pour mixture over bread and let sit for about 30 minutes to let bread absorb and soften.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Bake in the preheated oven until top is lightly browned, about 50 minutes.
• Melt 1 stick butter in a saucepan over low heat, 3 to 5 minutes. Add confectioners' sugar and stir well. Remove from heat. Stir in amaretto. Allow sauce to sit at room temperature until thickened, about 15 minutes. Pour sauce over bread pudding before serving.

NEW ORLEANS BREAD PUDDING WITH BOURBON SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Butter an 8-inch square baking pan.
• MAKE THE PUDDING: In a small bowl, combine the pecans, sugar, butter, vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg. In a large bowl, beat the eggs until frothy. Add the pecan mixture and blend well. Stir in the milk and raisins.
• Place the bread cubes in the prepared pan. Pour the egg mixture over them and toss gently until the bread is soaked. Let the pudding sit until the bread has absorbed nearly all the liquid, about 35 minutes. Stir the mixture once or twice to moisten the bread evenly.
• Meanwhile, MAKE THE TOPPING: In a small bowl, combine the pecans, sugar, and cinnamon. Set aside.
• Bake the pudding for 25 minutes. Sprinkle the pecan topping over the pudding and continue baking for another 10 minutes, or until the pudding is set and the topping is browned.
• Meanwhile, MAKE THE BOURBON SAUCE: In a small saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Stir in the sugar and cornstarch, and cook, stirring, until dissolved. Whisk in the cream and vanilla, and continue cooking, stirring, until sauce thickens slightly, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in the bourbon and cook, stirring, for another 30 seconds. Remove the sauce from the heat and let it cool slightly.
• To serve, spoon the pudding out on plates, then ladle a bit of the bourbon sauce over each serving.
• NOTE: To toast the pecans, place them on an ungreased cookie sheet in a preheated 375 degree oven for 10 minutes, or until golden.

NEW ORLEANS BREAD PUDDING WITH LEMON SAUCE

Steps:

• In the large bowl of an electric mixer, beat the eggs on high until extremely frothy, about 3 minutes (or for about 6 minutes with a metal whisk).
• Add the sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla extract and butter and beat on high speed until well blended.
• Beat in the milk. Stir in the raisins and pecans.
• Put the bread cubes in a greased 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf pan.
• Pour the egg mixture over the cubes and toss until the bread is soaked.
• Let sit about 45 minutes, patting the bread down into the liquid occasionally.
• Put in a 350* oven. Immediately lower the heat to 300* and bake 40 minutes. Increase oven temperature to 425* and bake 15-20 minutes more, or until pudding is well browned and puffy.
• To serve, put 1 1/2 Tbs lemon sauce in each dessert dish, then spoon in 1/2 cup bread pudding. Top with 1/4 cup whipped cream.
• Lemon Sauce (makes about 3/4 cup).
• Squeeze the juice from the lemon halves into a 1 qt saucepan; add the lemon rinds, water and sugar; bring to a boil.
• Stir in the dissolved cornstarch and vanilla.
• Cook 1 minute over high heat, stirring constantly.
• Strain, squeezing the sauce from the lemon rind.

BON TON CAFE (NEW ORLEANS) BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Soak bread in milk and crush with hands until well mixed.
• Add eggs, sugar, vanilla and raisins and stir well.
• Melt butter and pour into 9 x 13 pan Add pudding mixture and bake at 350 until very firm (my oven takes about 35 minutes).
• Let cool then cube pudding. When ready to serve add sauce and heat under broiler.
• Cooking whiskey sauce.
• Cook sugar and butter in double broiler until very hot and well dissolved. Then add in well beaten egg and whip real fast so egg does not curdle. Let cool and add whiskey to taste.