Saturday, October 07, 2006

Christmas Recipe - Orange Bread Pudding

ORANGE BREAKFAST BREAD PUDDING

Ingredients :
3 cups of whole milk
3 cups whipping cream
1 1/2 cups  sugar
3 eggs plus 11 egg yolks
1 tblsp vanilla
1 1/2 lb white bread (french-toasted and buttered)
10 oranges peeled and sectioned
Cinnamon

Directions :
1.     Preheat oven to 325 F.
2.     Scald milk and cream.  In a separate bowl whisk sugar, eggs, yolks. 
3.     Add cream mixture and whisk vigorously. 
4.     Stir in vanilla.  Strain into a bowl.

To assemble:
5.     Layer toased bread, orange sections and cinnamon in 7 or 8 individual
         2 cup bowls or charlotte molds. 
6.     Place in a bain-marie (water bath) filled with hot water about halfway up the pudding
         dishes. 
7.     Bake 30-40 minutes until the custard is firm. 
8.      Remove from the water bath. 
9.      Refrigerate to store. 
10.   Reheat in bowls in a 300 degree oven for serving. 
11.    Turn out of molds onto serving plates and serve.