Cranberry Pear Bread Pudding W Custard Sauce Recipes

PEAR CRANBERRY BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Turn the oven on its lowest setting.
• Cut the bread into 1" cubes and spread on a baking sheet in one layer. Toast in the oven for 1 hour until dry.
• Wash and core the pears, puree in a food processor until completely liquified. This will yield approximately 1-1/2 cups.
• Cook pear puree with brown sugar and cinnamon in a small sauce pan over medium heat until the sugar dissolves completely. Transfer to a large mixing bowl and let cool to room temperature.
• Add eggs, egg yolks, vanilla, cream and milk to the large mixing bowl with the pear puree and beat until completely combined.
• Toss the dried bread cubes along with the dried cranberries into the liquid mixture.
• Cover and soak for at least 2 hours at room temperature.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Divide the custard soaked bread into 8 individual ramekins.
• Bake for 45 minutes.
• Remove from oven and allow to cool before serving.
• Serve warm by itself or with ice cream.

CRANBERRY BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a greased 13x9-in. baking dish, layer half of the bread cubes, cranberries and orange zest. Repeat layers. Drizzle with butter. , In a large bowl, beat the eggs, milk, 3/4 cup sugar and vanilla until blended; pour over bread mixture. Let stand for 15-30 minutes. Sprinkle with remaining sugar. , Bake, uncovered, for 65-75 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean., For sauce, in a small heavy saucepan, whisk egg yolks and sugar. Stir in cream and orange zest strip. Cook over low heat about 15-20 minutes or until mixture is just thick enough to coat a metal spoon and a thermometer reads at least 160°, stirring constantly but gently. Do not allow to boil. Immediately transfer to a bowl., Place bowl in an ice-water bath for a few minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in extract. Discard orange zest. Refrigerate until chilled. Serve with bread pudding.

CRANBERRY BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• 1. Combine bread, cranberries, and pecans in a large bowl; toss gently.
• 2. Combine milk and half and half and pour over bread mixture. Cover and chill for 1 hour.
• 3. Combine eggs, both sugars, rum and vanilla; stir well. Add egg mixture to chilled bread mixture, stirring gently to combine. Pour into a greased 13x9x2 inch baking dish.
• 4. Bake, uncovered, at 325 degrees F. for 1 hour or until set and lightly browned. Let cool in pan 5 minutes. Cut into squares, serve warm with maple syrup or sauce of your choice.

BREAD PUDDING WITH DRIED CRANBERRIES AND BOURBON

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Brush bread slices with butter and toast in oven until golden. Set aside.
• Heat cream and milk in a small saucepan until almost boiling. Meanwhile, whisk together the sugar and eggs until thoroughly mixed. Add orange peel, vanilla extract and the cream-milk mixture and whisk together. Stir in the dried cranberries and salt.
• Arrange toasted bread in a 9-by-12-inch baking dish in two overlapping rows. Pour in cream mixture and cover with aluminum foil. Put a smaller pan on top and weigh it down so that the bread slices are submerged. Leave overnight or for at least one hour.
• When ready to bake the pudding, preheat oven to 325 degrees. Remove pan and weights from top of pudding and punch the foil with holes. Place baking dish in a larger pan of hot water (a bain-marie); the water should be two-thirds of the way up the sides. Bake for an hour and 45 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the middle of the pudding comes out clean. Sprinkle pudding with confectioners' sugar.
• While the pudding is cooking, make the sauce. Beat the sugar with the egg yolks until everything is thoroughly mixed. Bring the cream and the milk to boil in a small saucepan with the vanilla extract.
• Whisk in one-half cup of hot cream mixture into the eggs, then pour the egg and cream mixture into the saucepan with the remaining milk and cream. Whisk over low heat until mixture thickens enough to coat the spoon. Be careful not to let it boil, or it will curdle.
• Remove from heat, add bourbon and cool. Chill until ready to use.
• Cut pudding into slices and serve warm on a pool of the chilled sauce.

CRANBERRY APPLE PECAN BREAD PUDDING WITH CUSTARD

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, toss sliced apples with lemon juice and set aside.
• Beat eggs with an electric mixer until light and frothy. Add the sugar, vanilla, nutmeg and cinnamon and beat until smooth. Stir in the butter, half and half and brandy.
• Toss the apples, cranberries and pecans with the bread cubes. Place the mixture in a greased 9 X 5 inch loaf pan (or individual custard cups). Pour the egg mixture evenly over the bread cube mixture.
• cover with foil and weight down the top with a 1 or 2 lb. bag of rice or beans. (This encourages the bread to absorb the liquid). Chill for 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 325*F. Remove foil and weight and place the pudding in a larger pan filled with 1 inch hot water. Bake for 55 minutes or until set. Increase oven temperature to 425*F and bake 10 minutes more, until lightly browned. Serve warm with room temperature custard sauce.
• To make the custard, place half and half and vanilla bean in a saucepan. Heat over medium heat until half and half is just about to boil. Remove from heat.
• In a metal mixing bowl, whisk together the egg yolks and sugar until lightly coloured. Remove the vanilla bean from the half and half, scraping the seeds into the liquid. Stir in the vanilla extract and whisk this mixture into the eggs.
• Return to the saucepan and cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture just begins to thicken and coat the spoon.
• Immediately remove from heat and pour into an empty bowl, which you have set over another bowl filled with ice water. (This stops the custard from cooking and prevents curdling) Stir until cooled slightly. Cool for about 10 minutes longer. Serve warm with the bread pudding.