Brandy Bread Pudding Recipes

TRADITIONAL FRUITY AND SPICED BREAD PUDDING - WITH BRANDY!

Steps:

• First marinate the fruit & peel in the brandy - set aside.
• Tear the bread into even sized pieces and soak in the milk for about 30 minutes.
• Pre-heat oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
• Melt the butter in the microwave or a small saucepan.
• In a large roomy bowl, mix the sugar, beaten eggs, melted butter, spices, orange & lemon zest together, then add the brandy-soaked fruits & mix well again.
• Tip it all into the milk soaked bread.
• Mix it all together - and then pour into a well buttered baking dish.
• Sprinkle demerara sugar on top & add some grated nutmeg if you wish.
• Bake for 1 hour, or until the bread pudding is well puffed up, crispy and golden brown. It will sink on cooling, but that's fine!
• Cut into squares - serve warm with cream, ice-cream or custard.
• As a final flourish - you can also grate some orange zest over the cream etc!
• N.B. You can also make this with Brioche or any type of Bread product, as long as it it not too savoury.

BRENNAN'S BREAD PUDDING WITH BRANDY SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine bread, milk and cream. Beat eggs; add sugar and mix well. Stir in bread mixture and add vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg. Stir in butter and raisins. Pour into buttered 2 quart baking dish, set in a pan of warm water about 1 inch deep.
• Bake in 350 degree oven for 1 hour or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.
• Whiskey Sauce.
• In a saucepan slightly beat egg yolks then add the next three ingredients and blend well. Cook over low heat until mixture comes to a boil. Blend cornstarch in water and stir into hot mixture. Continue cooking until thickened. Remove from heat and stir in brandy. Serve when cooled.

BREAD PUDDING WITH BRANDY SAUCE

Steps:

• 1. Heat overn to 350. In a large bowl cream butter and sugar until smooth. Add eggs,nutmeg,cinnamon,vanilla and salt. Mix together thoroughly.
• 2. Mold in 1/4 cup of raisins. Add bread crumbs and stir in liquid so the bread soaks up some of the liquid. Let stand for 5 minutes. Pour into a greased baking dish (I used a casserole dish) Top with remaining raisins and press into bread. Let stand 20 more minutes.
• 3. Bake uncovered for 45 minutes. While its baking make the sauce by slowly melting the butter and sugar together. Add a beaten egg and whisk together. Remove from heat and add brandy. Mix thoroughly. Pour on top pudding and serve. Great with a scoop of ice cream on top.

BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Butter an 8x8 inch glass baking dish. Soak bread in hot milk for five minutes. Stir in 3/4 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon butter, salt, eggs, and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Pour into the baking dish.
• Line a roasting pan with a damp kitchen towel. Place baking dish on towel inside roasting pan, and place roasting pan on oven rack. Fill roasting pan with boiling water to reach halfway up the sides of the baking dish. Bake for 60 minutes. Cool on wire rack.
• While pudding cools, combine 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup butter, cream, and 1 teaspoon vanilla in a large saucepan. While stirring, bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, and stir 3 minutes more. Spoon over warm bread pudding.

RAISIN PECAN BREAD PUDDING WITH BRANDY SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350º F degrees.
• 2) Soak bread in one cup of the half and half for one hour.
• 3) Butter a 1-quart baking dish.
• 4) Beat remaining half and half with eggs, sugar and vanilla.
• 5) Add raisin and pour over the soaked bread, combine well.
• 6) Transfer to prepared 1-quart pan.
• 7) Combine, cinnamon, nutmeg, brown sugar and pecan. Sprinkle on top of pudding and dot with butter.
• 8) Bake 1 hour or until set. Allow to cool 30 minutes before cutting.
• 9) Serve with Brandy sauce or ice cream.
• (Brandy Ice Cream Sauce).
• Over medium heat, melt the ice cream in a 10-inch sauté pan.
• In a separate bowl, lightly beat the egg yolks. Slowly, add 1/4 to 1/3 cup of the hot melted ice cream to the egg yolks, whisk to combine well.
• Return the egg yolk mixture back into the remaining hot ice cream.
• Stirring constantly, return the sauce to a strong simmer. 2 to 3 minutes.
• Add the brandy, mix well.
• Remove from the heat and serve.

EASY PANETTONE BREAD PUDDING WITH WARM BRANDY SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt 1/2 stick butter in 9 x 13-inch glass baking pan.
• Take Panettone bread that has been cut in 2x2-inch squares and press into the buttered dish.
• Mix all other ingredients (except the pecans) in a bowl, stirring to combine well, and pour evenly over the cut up Panettone.
• Sprinkle pecans on top.
• Bake at 350 degrees F for 45 minutes to 1 hour.
• Brandy Sauce:.
• Place all brandy sauce ingredients in sauce pan.
• Heat gently and stir often. Don't over cook- only about 5 minutes.
• Scoop bread pudding into twelve individual serving dishes, drizzle 2 spoonfuls of warm brandy sauce over top of each serving. Enjoy!