Bread Pudding French Quarter Style With Rum Sauce Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Cut bread into 1 inch thick slices. Arrange bread slices and pecans on a baking sheet and drizzle with melted butter; toast lightly.
• In a large bowl, beat together eggs, cream, milk, cinnamon, nutmeg, sugar and vanilla. Put bread and pecans in a lightly greased 7x11 in casserole dish. Pour egg mixture over bread. Make sure that bread slices are saturated with liquid.
• Bake in preheated oven for 60 minutes, until golden. Serve warm.

Steps:

• Position the oven rack at the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 350 °F (180 °C).
• Butter an 8 in (20 cm) diameter soufflé mould that has an 8 cups (2 litres) volume and sprinkle with sugar.
• In a bowl, mix the milk, the egg yolks, brown sugar, the rum and vanilla. Add the bread and raisins. Let the mixture impregnate for 10 minutes.
• In another bowl, beat the egg whites until there is a formation of firm peaks.
• Using a spatula, little by little incorporate the meringue to the bread mixture while folding carefully. Pour into the mould.
• Bake for about 1 hour, or until the center is firm and slightly humid.
• Serve immediately. Decorate with pecans and coat with the sauce.
• Rum Sauce :.
• In a sauce pan, mix the brown sugar and flour.
• Add the cream, milk, rum and vanilla.
• Bring to a boil while whisking constantly. Let it become lukewarm while whisking a few times.

Steps:

• Using the first 12 ingredients (from bread cubes down to confectioner's sugar) prepare the bread pudding by following the steps below:.
• Preheat oven to 350 ℉. Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan with the butter. Set aside.
• Place the bread cubes in a large bowl.
• Combine the cream, milk, eggs, brown sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and raisins in a large bowl. Stir to combine and then pour over the bread cubes. Allow to sit at room temperature for 30 to 45 minutes.
• Transfer to the prepared pan and bake until the center of the pudding is set, 50 to 60 minutes.
• Garnish with the confectioner's sugar and serve with Rum Sauce - directions below:.
• In a one quart saucepan over medium heat, combine the cream milk and sugar. Place the cornstarch and 1/4 cup of the rum in a small bowl and whisk into a slurry.
• Pour the slurry into the cream sauce and bring to a boil. Once the sauce boils, reduce the heat to a gentle simmer and cook, stirring occasionally for 5 minutes.
• Remove the sauce from heat. Stir in the salt, butter, and remaining 1/2 cup of rum. Serve warm.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F.
• Bread Pudding: In large bowl, combine eggs, condensed milk,.
• water, butter, cinnamon and vanilla; beat well.
• Stir in bread cubes and raisins, if desired, moistening completely.
• Pour mixture into a buttered, 9", deep-dish pie plate.
• Bake until knife inserted in center comes out clean, 1 hour.
• Cool and serve with rum sauce, if desired.
• Refrigerate leftovers.
• Rum Sauce:.
• In a bowl, stir together confectioners' sugar, rum and enough cream to make smooth creamy sauce.
• Serve over bread pudding, if desired.
• Makes 8 servings.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large saucepan, add milk, butter, vanilla, cinnamon, brown sugar, rum and raisins and heat until warm. Simmer and stir until sugar dissolves.
• Into a large bowl add the cubed bread and pour in the hot milk mixture. Let sit for 30 minutes so the bread absorbs the milk.
• Add the beaten eggs to the bread and milk mixture and stir. Pour bread pudding into a buttered 1 1/2-quart baking dish and bake for 50 minutes.