Cajun Bananas Foster Bread Pudding Recipes

CAJUN BANANAS FOSTER BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• 1. Tear bread into pieces in large bowl.
• 2. In separate bowl, whisk eggs, milk, and sugar, until well blended. Stir in vanilla extract, cinnamon, rum, liqueur, pecans, and bananas.
• 3. Pour mixture over bread pieces, mix well, and let stand for 10 minutes.
• 4. Place mixture into a 13x9 inch, buttered baking dish and cover with foil. Place baking dish in a larger shallow baking pan filled with 2 inches of water.
• 5. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 30 minutes. Remove foil and bake for 10 to 15 more minutes or until golden brown, and a knife comes out clean.
• 6. Rum Sauce: Bring whipping cream to a light boil in large saucepan, over medium heat, stirring often. Add brown sugar and continue to cook for about 5 minutes, or until dissolved and smooth, stirring often. Remove from heat and stir in rum, butter, pecans, and vanilla. Let cool for about 10 minutes. Ladle over bread pudding.
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BANANAS FOSTER BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, ¼ cup of brown sugar, vanilla, 1 tablespoon rum and 1 teaspoon salt. Add the bread, and stir so that it absorbs the liquid. Set aside to soak.
• Butter a 2-quart baking dish, and place it on a baking sheet. Line the bottom of the dish with banana coins, then spoon about ½ of the soaked bread over them. Top with banana coins, and spoon the remaining soaked bread over the top. Bake for 40 minutes, then sprinkle with the tablespoon of white sugar. Continue baking until the pudding is puffed and golden on top, approximately 50 to 60 minutes total.
• Meanwhile, make the sauce. Melt the butter in a small sauce set over medium heat. Add the remaining brown sugar, cream, remaining rum and salt, and whisk until combined. Simmer, whisking, until the sauce has thickened, approximately 5 to 8 minutes. Remove from heat and keep warm.
• Serve the pudding warm, with some of the sauce drizzled over the top, alongside vanilla ice cream.

BANANAS FOSTER BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Slice French bread and dry in a 200F oven for 20 minutes.
• Combine remaining pudding ingredients in a large container and blend well with a hand mixer.
• Thinly slice dried French bread and place in an 8 x 10 x 2-inch pan.
• Pour pudding into pan and mush all bread by hand so that the liquid is absorbed and the bread becomes very soggy.
• Be sure to flatten all of the lumps.
• Cover pan with foil and bake at 300 F for 2 ½ hours, or until a skewer inserted in the center of the pudding comes out dry.
• Remove foil and bake for an additional 20 minutes, or until golden brown.
• Set aside to cool.
• Foster Sauce:.
• Melt butter in a sauce pot.
• Add the brown sugar and cinnamon and mix well.
• Add the rum and ignite.
• Allow the flames to subside.
• Then, stir in the banana liqueur.
• Add fresh bananas and simmer over medium heat for about 2 minutes or until the sauce coats the spoon.
• To Serve: Cut bread pudding into 3 ½ x 3 ½-inch squares.
• Top warm bread pudding with Foster sauce and garnish with mint leaves.