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Almond & Cinnamon Bread Pudding with Orange Sauce

587 views 5 replies 2 participants last post by  Indaswamp 
#1 ·
Nice change up for traditional bread pudding. Works really well for sunday breakfast brunch with cajun coffee.

Bread Pudding
Any left over stale bread, I used 1/2 loaf of french bread and 1/2 loaf of stale sandwich bread broken into roughly 1" pieces, About 12~14 cups.
1 quart of whole milk
4 egg whites (reserve yolks for sauce) + 4 whole eggs
1 3/4 cups sugar, (divided 1 1/2 cups and 1/4 cup)
1 stick butter melted
1 TBSP almond extract
1 TBSP cinnamon
1/2 cup almond slivers optional

Preheat oven to 350*. Into a 9" X 13" or 8" X 12" pan, break up bread into roughly 1" pieces. Into a metal 6 qt, mixing bowl, add eggs and 1 1/2 cups of sugar and with a whisk beat until smooth then add milk, almond extract and butter. Mix well. fold in bread pieces with a rubber spatula and allow to sit for 10 minutes to absorb the milk & egg mixture. Grease pan, then pour pudding into pan and spread evenly. Mix cinnamon with 1/4 cup of sugar and sprinkle on top of pudding. sprinkle almond slivers on top if desired. Place pan in oven onto a cookie sheet with a 1" lip, pour water into cookie sheet and bake for 1 hour. Check water @ 30 minutes, add more if needed.

Orange sauce
4 egg yolks
1/2 cup sugar
zest from 2 oranges finely grated
1 cup fresh squeezed Orange juice (from 4 medium oranges)
1/2 tsp. almond extract

While pudding is baking, add all ingredients to a metal bowl. Whisk mixture until all is mixed and place bowl over a pot of boiling water (double boiler). With a wire whisk, slowly whisk mixture for 4~5 minutes until it thickens slightly-removing bowl occasionally to heat the mixture slowly. Must reach 180* to fully thicken. Remove from heat and continue whisking for an additional 2~3 minutes to allow bowl to cool slightly. Reserve until pudding is done baking.

When pudding is done allow to cool 10~15 minutes, then poke holes with a butter knife every 1~2 inches. Pour orange sauce on top of warm pudding and allow to absorb 5 minutes then serve.
 
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#4 ·
And Cluck, I usually make a big dessert when I go to the camp-especially when we rabbit hunt. All that walking around burns off calories so I never worry about it. Gotta have fuel to hunt! :wink: There is something special about having a really good meal to look forward to- complete with a jam up dessert- while out in the middle of nowhere. Even if the hunt sucks and you had nothing but equipment problems all day, that meal sets everything right again. :thumbsup:
 
#5 ·
Yes sir, those after hunt meals are the completion of a great day regardless of whether you've limited or got skunked. And topping that meal off with a good shot of Bourbon completes the chapter of the book
 
#6 ·
cluckmeister said:
Yes sir, those after hunt meals are the completion of a great day regardless of whether you've limited or got skunked. And topping that meal off with a good shot of Bourbon completes the chapter of the book
Touche'! :beer:
 
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