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New Orleans Bread Pudding
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New Orleans Bread Pudding

A classic holiday dessert with French Quarter flavor!
Prep Time2 hours
Cook Time1 hour
Total Time3 hours
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Continental
Servings: 6

Ingredients

  • Bread Pudding Ingredients:
  • 7 oz. stale bread left out for 1-2 days to become hard
  • 1/2 cup raisins
  • 1/2 cup bourbon
  • 6 Tablespoons melted butter
  • 2 cups milk
  • 3 eggs
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • Bourbon Sauce Ingredients:
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3/4 cup heavy cream
  • 2 Tablespoons bourbon whiskey
  • Soak raisins in bourbon for at least 1 hour.

Instructions

  • Brush melted butter on the stale bread slices. Cut bread into cubes. Place cubes into a large shallow bowl.
  • In a small saucepan, heat milk but do not let it boil.
  • In another bowl - whisk together eggs, sugar and vanilla. Slowly add the heated milk a little at a time, whisking well after each little bit added. Be very careful to slowly temper the eggs so they do not scramble. Add raisins and stir to combine. Add this liquid to the bread and combine well. Let sit in the fridge for 1 hour.
  • Preheat oven to 350 F. Coat a cake pan or individual ramekins with non-stick spray. Make sure your pan or ramekins is/are small enough to fit into a larger pan, as the pudding is cooked in a water bath.
  • Transfer bread mix to prepared cake pan or ramekins.
  • Place pan or ramekins into a larger casserole dish and fill 3/4 up the sides with boiling water.
  • Bake for 1 hour.
  • While the pudding is baking, let's make the bourbon sauce.
  • In a saucepan, add sugar and cook on low heat until the sugar is melted and turns into a light caramel. Remove from heat. Add cream. Wait until it stops bubbling and whisk to combine. If any of the sugar caramelizes and clumps into candy, remove it. Place on the heat again and add the bourbon. Simmer 5-10 minutes, until thickened.
  • Serve with the sauce.

Notes

I used potato bread, but any sweet bread like brioche or challah can be used. Feel free to use my medianoche bread recipe here.
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