New Orleans Bread Pudding With Lemon Sauce And Chantilly Cream Recipes

NEW ORLEANS BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine raisins and brandy. Bring to a boil. Remove from the heat; cover and set aside. Brush a shallow 2-1/2-qt. baking dish with 1 tablespoon butter; sprinkle with sugar and set aside., In a large bowl, combine the eggs, cream, brown sugar, vanilla, salt and nutmeg. Stir in remaining butter and reserved raisin mixture. Gently stir in bread; let stand for 15 minutes or until bread is softened. , Transfer to prepared dish. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean., For sauce, in a small saucepan, combine the brown sugar, cornstarch and salt; gradually add water. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in butter and vanilla. Serve with bread pudding.

NEW ORLEANS-STYLE BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• For the Bread Pudding:.
• Butter a 9 by 13 inch baking pan. Set oven rack in lower third of oven and preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine all ingredients. Mixture should be very moist but not soupy. Pour into the buttered dish and bake 1 hour and 15 minutes until top is golden brown. Serve warm with Joe's Whiskey Sauce.
• For Whiskey Sauce:.
• Using a hand held mixer, cream butter and sugar in a saucepan over medium heat, beating until all butter is absorbed. Remove from heat and blend in yolks. Pour in bourbon gradually, stirring constantly. Sauce will thicken as it cools. Serve warm on warm bread pudding.

NOLA BREAD PUDDING W/LEMON SAUCE & CHANTILLY CREAM

Steps:

• 1. In a large bowl of an electric mixer, beat the eggs on high speed until extremely frothy and the bubbles are the size of pinheads, about 3 minutes or 6 minutes with metal whisk.add the sugar, cinnamon, butter and beat on high until well blended. Beat in the milk.
• 2. Stir in raisins and pecans. Place the cubed bread in a buttered , casserole dish (recipe calls for buttered loaf pan..my loaf pans were too small). I use a medium baking dish. Pour egg mixture over bread cubes and toss until all bread is soaked.
• 3. Let bread bread sit until you see only a narrow bead of liquid around dish's edge--about 45 minutes, patting the bread down into the place in a preheated 350 degree oven. IMMEDIATELY REDUCE HEAT TO 300! Bake 40 minutes. INCREASE OVEN TEMPERATURE TO 425 DEGREES AND BAKE UNTIL BREAD PUDDING IS PUFFY AND WELL BROWNED, about 15 to 20 minutes.
• 4. To serve -- put 11/2Tablespoons warm lemon sauce in each dessert dish, then spoon in 1/2 cup hot bread pudding and top with 1/4 cup CHANTILLY Cream.
• 5. DIRECTIONS FOR LEMON SAUCE Squeeze 2 tablespoons juice from lemon halves and put into a 1 quart saucepan.; add the lemon halves, water and sugar and bring to a boil. Stir in the dissolved cornstarch and vanilla. Cook 1 minute over high heat , stirring constantly.
• 6. Strain, squeezing the sauce from the lemon rinds. Makes about 3/4 cup. Serve warm.
• 7. DIRECTIONS FOR CHANTILLY CREAM Refrigerate a medium-size mixing bowl and beaters until very cold. Combine cream, vanilla, brandy, Grand Marnier in the bowl and beat with electric mixer on medium speed I minute.
• 8. Add the sugar and sour cream and beat on medium just until soft peaks form, about 3 minutes. ( Do not overheat.) Overbeating makes it grainy and it cannot be returned to its former consistency.

NEW ORLEANS BREAD PUDDING WITH LEMON SAUCE

Steps:

• In the large bowl of an electric mixer, beat the eggs on high until extremely frothy, about 3 minutes (or for about 6 minutes with a metal whisk).
• Add the sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla extract and butter and beat on high speed until well blended.
• Beat in the milk. Stir in the raisins and pecans.
• Put the bread cubes in a greased 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf pan.
• Pour the egg mixture over the cubes and toss until the bread is soaked.
• Let sit about 45 minutes, patting the bread down into the liquid occasionally.
• Put in a 350* oven. Immediately lower the heat to 300* and bake 40 minutes. Increase oven temperature to 425* and bake 15-20 minutes more, or until pudding is well browned and puffy.
• To serve, put 1 1/2 Tbs lemon sauce in each dessert dish, then spoon in 1/2 cup bread pudding. Top with 1/4 cup whipped cream.
• Lemon Sauce (makes about 3/4 cup).
• Squeeze the juice from the lemon halves into a 1 qt saucepan; add the lemon rinds, water and sugar; bring to a boil.
• Stir in the dissolved cornstarch and vanilla.
• Cook 1 minute over high heat, stirring constantly.
• Strain, squeezing the sauce from the lemon rind.

AUTHENTIC NEW ORLEANS BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• First, grease an 11 x 14 Pyrex baking pan with the tablespoon of butter. The cut the stale French bread into 2"x2" squares and place them in the pan.
• Next, take a large mixing bowl and a piano wire whisk and make an egg custard by creaming together the eggs and the sugar until smooth.
• Then whip in the vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg until everything is thoroughly incorporated into the custard.
• Now stir in the scalded whole milk, the whipping cream, and the butter and work that well into the mixture.
• At this point pour the custard mixture over the bread chunks and, using your fingers, work it into the bread until the pieces soften (ideally, you want to allow the bread to truly "soak" into the custard).
• Then when the bread becomes "heavenly moist" and fluffy, evenly sprinkle on the raisins and the diced apple (again with your fingers, gently push them into the softened bread).
• Finally, sprinkle a little more cinnamon over the top of the pudding and bake in a preheated 325-degree oven for about an hour (or until the pudding turns a rich honey brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean).

BREAD PUDDING WITH CHANTILLY CREAM

Steps:

• In a large bowl of an electric mixer, beat the eggs on high speed until extremely frothy, about 3 minutes (or with a metal whisk for about 6 minutes).
• Add the sugar, vanilla, nutmeg, cinnamon and butter and beat on high until well blended.
• Beat in the milk, then stir in the raisins and pecans.
• Place the bread cubes in a greased loaf pan.
• Pour the egg mixture over them and toss until the bread is soaked.
• Let sit until you see only a narrow bead of liquid around the pan's edges, about 45 minutes, patting the bread down into the liquid occasionally.
• Place in a preheated 350F oven.
• Immediately lower the heat to 300F and bake 40 minutes.
• Increase oven temperature to 425F and bake until pudding is well browned and puffy, about 15 to 20 minutes more.
• To serve, spoon in ½ cup hot bread pudding and top with ¼ cup Chantilly Cream.
• Chantilly Cream:.
• Makes about 2 cups.
• Refrigerate a medium-size bowl and beaters until very cold.
• Combine cream vanilla, brandy and Grand Marnier in the bowl and beat with electric mixer on medium speed 1 minute.
• Add the sugar and sour cream and beat on medium just until soft peaks form, about 3 minutes.
• Do not over beat. Over beating will make the cream grainy.