Chocolate Chip Portuguese Sweet Bread Pudding Recipes

CHOCOLATE CHIP PORTUGUESE SWEET BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350, and butter a 13x9 baking dish.
• Whisk milk, heavy cream and sugar in a saucepan over medium heat.
• Meanwhile scrape the seeds from the vanilla bean into milk mixture and add the pods.
• Heat milk/cream mixture to just steaming, but not boiling!
• Whisk eggs and yolks in a large bowl, and gradually add 2 cups of hot milk mixture to the eggs to temper.
• Pour tempered egg mixture into the saucepan with the hot milk.
• Strain mixture to remove any lumps and the vanilla pods.
• Spread bread cubes in prepared dish and sprinkle with the chocolate chips.
• Slowly pour custard over bread, being sure to saturate all of the bread. (If you can, it's nice to let it sit and soak evenly for 1/2 or so).
• Bake in the center of the oven for about 1 hour or until a small knife inserted in the center of the pudding comes out clean.

CHOCOLATE BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place bread in a round, buttered, deep dish pie plate. In a medium bowl whisk together eggs, milk, sugar, a dash of salt, vanilla, cocoa, and cinnamon . Add chocolate chips. Pour over bread and gently mix. Let sit for 15 minutes, so bread can absorb mixture. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes until firm but not dry.

PORTUGUESE BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• 1. In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs and sugar. Whisk in the milk, vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Stir in the raisins. Generously butter the bread with the softened butter. Submerge the bread in the egg mixture and set aside for a least 20 minutes. Use your hands or a large spoon to break the soaked bread into smaller chunks.
• 2. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Generously butter a 9x11 inch glass baking dish.
• 3. Transfer the soaked bread to the baking dish and smooth the top. Drizzle with the melted butter.
• 4. Bake in the preheated oven until the top of the pudding puffs and browns and a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. 50 minutes to 1 hour. Serve warm or at room temperature topped with the vanilla ice cream. 6-8 servings

CHOCOLATE CHIP BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degree's. Lightly grease a 13x9 inch baking dish.
• In a large bowl, place bread crumbs.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together 1 1/2 cups cream, milk, 1 cup sugar, butter and eggs; add to bread crumbs, stirring to combine. Let stand for 15 minutes. Stir in chocolate and pecans. Spoon mixture into prepared baking dish. Drizzle with remaining 1/2 cup cream, and sprinkle with remaining 2 tablespoons sugar; bake for 1 hour, or until center is set.
• Serve warm with either Rum toffee sauce or Chocolate Sauce.