Commander's Palace Bread Pudding Recipe

  American Dessert

Ingredients:
1 cup sugar
4 ounces butter softened
5 eggs beaten
2 cups heavy cream, room temperature
pinch cinnamon
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 ounce raisins
12 slices of 1" thick french bread
Sauce recipe follows

Directions:
Cream the butter and sugar.
Add the eggs, raisins, flavorings and add the cream slowly so as not to curdle.
Pour over the bread and let soak for at least 10 minutes.
Take bread from custard carefully and place in the bottom of baking pan.
Pour custard over bread and bake in a waterbath at 300F convection for 40-50 minutes covered with aluminum foil.
When the custard is done it should still be soft not hard


Bourbon sauce

1/2 cup cream
1/2 cup sugar
pinch cinnamon
1/2 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon water
1/2 teaspoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon bourbon

Bring all ingredients to a boil except for water, cornstarch and bourbon.
Make a slurry and add to boiling liquid.
Return to boil and remove from heat.
Add the bourbon and let cool for service.

Commander's Palace Bread Pudding
 

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