Persimmon White Chocolate Bread Pudding Food

WHITE CHOCOLATE BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300.
• Slice french bread into half inch round croutons and set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine eggs and egg yolks.
• Whipe until well blended.
• In a large saucepan, combine whipping cream, milk, and sugar.
• Bring mixture to a low simmer, then add white chocolate.
• Whisk until chocolate is completely melted.
• Remove from heat and stir in whipped eggs.
• Blend thoroughly to keep eggs from scrambling.
• In a buttered 9 x 13 baking dish, place bread slices in 2-3 layers.
• Pour half the the cream mixture over the bread and allow it to soak up most of the mixture before adding the rest.
• Press the bread gently, allowing the cream mix to be evenly absorbed.
• Cover the dish and let it soak at last 5 hours prior to baking.
• Bake covered for 1 hour and then remove cover and bake another 45 minutes until top has browned.
• Note: This is best if chilled overnight, then cut into squares and reheated in individual portions in the microwave.
• Serve with caramel sauce.

PERSIMMON WHITE CHOCOLATE BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a small saucepan, combine persimmon puree, lemon zest, lemon juice, and 1/2 cup sugar; simmer over low heat until sugar is dissolved.
• Butter a 2-quart shallow baking dish, and sprinkle lightly with sugar. Place bread in baking dish; sprinkle with cinnamon and nutmeg.
• In a medium saucepan, combine remaining 1/2 cup sugar, white chocolate, and milk; stir frequently over low heat. Remove from heat once chocolate melts.
• Whisk eggs in a medium bowl. Slowly whisk warm milk mixture into eggs, being careful not to cook the eggs; stir in persimmon mixture. Pour mixture into baking dish, covering bread completely. Bake until filling sets, about 35 minutes.

WHITE CHOCOLATE BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Cut the brioche loaf into 1 inch dice. Place in a 2 quart baking dish. Drizzle with melted butter. Toss chunked white chocolate with bread cubes.
• Combine milk, cream, sugar, and vanilla bean and bring to a boil over medium heat until sugar is disolved. Whisk eggs until smooth. Add hot milk mixture to eggs slowly, stirring contsantly. Do not wisk or custard will have a great deal of foam on the surface. Skim foam from custard. Strain custard over bread and chocolate. Let stand for 10 minutes to allow custard to soak into bread.
• Place baking dish in another larger pan. Pour hot water into larger dish to reach 1 inch up side of dish. Bake the bread pudding for about 45 minutes to 1 hour, until custard is set and brioche is golden.

CAPTAIN MORGAN'S PERSIMMON BREAD PUDDING AND CREME ANGLAISE

Steps:

• Persimmon Bread Pudding.
• Preheat oven to 375.
• Grease baking pan & set aside.
• Squeeze the pulp from the persimmons.
• In a medium saucepan, heat 3/4 cup milk with the star anise & Cinnamon. Remove from heat when mixture begins to simmer. Once cooled back down remove cinnamon stick & star anise.
• Whisk together the milk in the saucepan with brown sugar, eggs, vanilla & salt.
• Add raisins, walnuts, pulp & soft fruit to saucepan.
• Place torn baguette pieces into a baking dish. Pour the saucepan mixture over the top of the torn baguette pieces.
• Place small pieces of butter on top of the mixture in the pan.
• Bake for 40 minutes or till pudding is puffed up.
• Let cool for 20 minutes before serving & prepare the creme anglaise.
• Creme Anglaise.
• In a medium saucepan heat 1 cup milk & heavy cream. Stir occasionally & don't let mixture boil. Once it starts to simmer remove from heat.
• Beat egg yolks with sugar.
• Add saucepan mixture to the egg & sugar mixture slowly. Stir mixture as you add the liquids. (Note reason for adding mixture slowly is so eggs won't cook.
• Transfer mixture to a saucepan. Heat while stirring till sauce thickens.
• Once thicken remove from heat & add spiced rum.

PERSIMMON PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• In a mixing bowl, combine persimmon pulp, baking soda, sugar and eggs. Mix well.
• Add flour, baking powder, cinnamon, vanilla, salt, milk and melted butter. Stir to combine.
• Pour into baking pan and bake in preheated oven for 55 minutes. The pudding will rise but will fall when removed from oven.

WHITE CHOCOLATE BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Grease a 9x13 pan with Pam.
• Tear bread into bite-sized pieces and fill pan.
• Microwave 1 stick of butter and 1 cup of sugar for 1 minute.
• Add 4 cups of milk and 1 tsp of vanilla; microwave for an additional 2 minutes.
• Add 3 eggs (beaten) to the mixture.
• Pour over bread and sprinkle with a lot of cinnamon.
• Bake for 45 minutes at 350°F.
• When finished, melt 1 stick of butter, half of a bag of which chocolate chips using microwave (and using melting directions on chips' bag).
• Add 1 tsp vanilla, 1/2 c powdered sugar, and 6 tsp water to butter & white chocolate mix and stir well.
• Power over the bread and EAT!
• Notes -- I've made this in advance and then just rewarmed -- and it was still fabulous!

WHITE CHOCOLATE BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• FOR THE PUDDING: Combine the whipping cream, milk and sugar in a large heavy saucepot and mix well.
• Bring to a boil then remove from the heat.
• Add the white chocolate pieces and let stand for several minutes or until the chocolate melts; stir until smooth.
• Whisk the eggs and egg yolks in a large mixing bowl.
• Whisk in the warm chocolate mixture in a slow steady stream; scrape the saucepot with a rubber spatula to remove all the chocolate.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Cut the French bread into thin slices and place in a 9" x 12" metal baking pan.
• Pour half the chocolate mixture over the bread and let stand for about 5 minutes.
• Press the bread into the chocolate mixture with a rubber spatula or fingers to saturate well.
• Pour the remaining chocolate mixture over the bread and stir to mix well.
• Cover the pan with foil and bake for 1 hour.
• Remove the foil and bake for 30 minutes longer or until golden brown.
• Cool to room temperature and chill, covered, in the refrigerator for 6 to 8 hours or until set.
• FOR THE GANACHE: Bring the whipping cream to a boil in a small saucepan.
• Remove from the heat and add the white chocolate pieces.
• Let stand until the chocolate melts and stir until smooth.
• Loosen the pudding from the sides of the pan with a knife and invert onto a work surface.
• Cut into squares, then cut the squares diagonally into triangles.
• Place the triangles on a baking sheet and reheat at 275 degrees for 15 minutes or until warm.
• To serve, place the pudding triangles on serving plates and top with the ganache.
• Garnish with dark chocolate shavings.