Traditional Bread Pudding Bites Recipes

OLD-FASHIONED BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350F degrees. Spray a 2-quart casserole dish with nonstick cooking spray.
• Cut or rip the french loaf into bite size pieces.
• In a large skillet over medium heat, melt the 1/2 cup of butter and brown the bread. The bread should absorb all of the butter in the pan. Stir continuously.
• When all the butter is absorbed, pour the bread into a 2-quart casserole dish. Sprinkle the raisins evenly over the bread.
• In a large bowl mix the milk, eggs, sugar, extract, and rum.
• Pour over the bread and raisins in the casserole dish.
• Bake for 1 hour, checking at the 40 minute mark. The casserole is done when the liquid is set, top has browned, and is pulling away from the sides of the casserole dish.
• To make the glaze, combine ingredients with a whisk and pour over the warm bread pudding. Then serve.

BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Tear 500g white or wholemeal bread into a large mixing bowl and add 500g mixed dried fruit, 85g mixed peel and 1 ½ tbsp mixed spice.
• Pour in 600ml milk, then stir or scrunch through your fingers to mix everything well and completely break up the bread.
• Add 2 beaten large eggs, 140g light muscovado sugar and zest of 1 lemon, if using. Stir well, then set aside for 15 mins to soak.
• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Butter and line the base of a 20cm non-stick square cake tin (not one with a loose base).
• Stir the melted butter into the pudding mixture, tip into the tin, then scatter with demerara.
• Bake for 1½ hrs until firm and golden, covering with foil if it starts to brown too much. Turn out of the tin and strip off the paper. Cut into squares and serve warm.

TRADITIONAL BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Break bread into small pieces into an 8 inch square baking pan.
• Drizzle melted butter or margarine over bread.
• If desired, sprinkle with raisins.
• In a medium mixing bowl, combine eggs, milk, sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla.
• Beat until well mixed.
• Pour over bread, and lightly push down with a fork until bread is covered and soaking up the egg mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes, or until the top springs back when lightly tapped.

TRADITIONAL BREAD PUDDING BITES

Steps:

• 1. Prepare the dessert masala. Then, in a large, heavy wok or saucepan, bring the half-and-half to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer, stirring and scraping the sides of the wok often, until the milk is reduced by about half, 25 to 35 minutes. Mix in the cardamom seeds, sugar, rose essence, and all but 1 tablespoon of the dessert masala, and remove from heat.2. Heat the oil in a large wok over medium-high heat until it reaches 325°F to 350°F on a frying thermometer or until a piece of bread dropped into the hot oil rises to the top after 15 to 20 seconds. Add as many bread squares as the wok can hold at one time without crowding, and fry until golden. (This will happen almost instantly.) Transfer to paper towels to drain.3. In a large flat-bottomed serving dish, arrange 24 of the fried bread pieces side by side in a single layer. Spoon a little of the thickened half-and-half mixture over each piece. Top each with another piece of fried bread and spoon some half-and-half over once again. Repeat one or more time, using up all the bread pieces and the half-and-half mixture, making a total of 3 layers. (The pudding may seem a little watery at first, but the bread will absorb all the sauce as it cooks.)4. Garnish with the reserved dessert masala, cover with plastic wrap or the lid of the dish, and refrigerate at least 4 hours until chilled. Serve straight from the dish, or remove the pieces, keeping the stacks intact, and arrange them on another plate.From "1,000 Indian Recipes." Copyright 2002 by Neelam Batra. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.