Puerto Rican Bread Pudding Food

PUERTO RICAN BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F
• Shred the bread, put it in a container and pour in the condensed milk.
• Add the evaporated milk. Mix the ingredients well so the bread is completely wet.
• Beat the eggs and add them to the mixture.
• Add the melted butter, raisins and if you want, some wine.
• Mix again and pour the mixture into a greased cake pan.
• Bake for 25 minutes or until a knife comes out clean after inserting into the pudding.
• Let it cool down completely before taking it out of the pan and serving.

BUDIN (PUERTO RICAN BREAD PUDDING)

Steps:

• Bring 1 cup of water to a boil in a small saucepan over high heat. Add the cinnamon sticks, cloves, and anise seeds. Cover, and set aside to steep for 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine 2 tablespoons water with 1/2 cup sugar in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Stir occasionally to dissolve the sugar completely, but stop stirring once the mixture comes to a boil. Stay near the stove to monitor the color, swirling the pan gently to redistribute the caramel as the sugar begins to darken. Cook to about 310 degrees F (160 degrees C), or until the sugar turns light golden brown, then pour into a 9x5 inch loaf pan. Set aside to allow the caramel to harden.
• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Remove the crusts from the day-old bread, tear the bread into cubes, and place into a large mixing bowl. Strain the spice tea through a fine mesh sieve to remove the spices. Add to the bread along with the evaporated milk. Stir to evenly moisten, and set aside for 10 minutes. Whisk the eggs in a large mixing bowl along with 1 1/2 cups of sugar, the vanilla extract, salt, and melted butter. Stir in the moistened bread mixture until evenly mixed. Pour into the loaf pan over the caramel.
• Line a roasting pan with a damp kitchen towel. Place the loaf pan on the towel, inside roasting pan, and place roasting pan on oven rack. Fill roasting pan with boiling water to reach halfway up the sides of the loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Cool in the pan for about an hour, then refrigerate until cold, 2 hours more. When ready, invert the budin onto a serving plate. The caramel will have turned to a syrup and will cover the budin like a sauce.

COCONUT BREAD PUDDING FROM PUERTO RICO/BUDIN DE COCO DE PUERTO RICO

Steps:

• Mix together coconut milk, milk and half-and-half in a large mixing bowl. Fold the bread into the liquid, making certain all the cubes are moistened. Allow the bread to soak while you beat together the eggs, sugar and vanilla extract in a small mixing bowl. Add egg mixture to the soaked bread. Stir in 1/2 cup of the coconut flakes and the raisins.
• Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking pan with 1 tablespoon butter. Spoon the batter into the pan and sprinkle the remaining 2 tablespoons coconut flakes on top.
• Bake on the upper rack of a preheated 350 degrees F oven until the bread pudding has set and is golden brown on top, about 45 minutes. Cut the bread pudding into squares and serve hot, warm, or chilled, on its own or with mango slices.

BUDIN - COSTA RICAN BAKED PUDDING

Steps:

• Butter a baking dish, preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Place bread into large saucepan, add milk and let stand for five minutes.
• Add vanilla, cinammon, butter and sugar to the saucepan, then bring to a boil, stirring occasionally.
• Remove from heat and let cool for five minutes.
• In separate bowl, beat eggs and set aside.
• Place bread mixture in a blender jar (fill only halfway at first, start blender). Then, with blender running, ladle rest of mixture into blender. Process till smooth and return mixture to saucepan.
• Take one cup of hot mixture and ladle slowly into beaten eggs to temper them. Then add egg mixture to saucepan. Stir well to incorporate. If adding other ingredients (raisins, coconut, etc) add now.
• Pour into prepared pan and bake for one hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool to room temp for easy cutting.

PUERTO RICAN RICE PUDDING (ARROZ CON DULCE)

Steps:

• Cook the rice with water according to package directions until the liquid has just been absorbed (rice will not be thoroughly cooked). Remove from heat.
• Warm the three milks with the cinnamon stick, cloves and ginger over medium heat for 15 minutes, stirring often.
• Add the milk, raisins and shredded coconut to the rice and simmer until the rice is soft, about 10-15 minutes. Remove cinnamon stick and cloves.
• Pour the rice into a low serving dish or platter. Sprinkle with ground cinnamon if desired.
• Can be served warm or cold.