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amarula bread pudding with gingerbread and barenjager brandy sauce

CLICK on the above picture for my general bread pudding recipe... but to see how this one is made, you must watch the movie below!

My daughter Karen reported on a wonderful gingerbread bread pudding made by Emeril in his legendary restaurant Delmonico’s in New Orleans. From Karen’s ‘super taster’ experienced palate and from the pictures, I had a fairly good idea on how it was made.

I confess that I sometimes eat bread pudding as a meal replacement so I really didn’t want to make my bread pudding with 100% gingerbread… especially my very flavorful gingery gingerbread. So, I cubed my gingerbread and added it as part of the total composition of breads ( the others being: croissants, sour dough bread and apple cinnamon muffins). I also reduced the cream slightly and added a cup of Amarula… which was wonderful. I made a sauce of Barenjager (it’s natural sweetness adds a lot to a sauce) and brandy!

BTW this is not a great video… but hopefully it gives you an idea

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zryh0d0Buf8[/youtube]

Bon Appetite!

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more fun with bread pudding

Protecting the Ginger Bread is an important task!

My daughter Karen had visited Emeril’s famous place in New Orleans… Delmonicos. For those who don’t know, Delmonico’s has a favored status among those who love culinary history. The Delmonico’s in New York produced a wonderful cookbook that every fine chef wants to own. The cookbook is called ‘the Epicurean.’ Even Emeril has one on display.

While Karen was at Delmonico’s, she tried an interesting twist on an ancient dessert called bread pudding. The difference is that it was made with Gingerbread.

However, I made my Gingerbread bread pudding differently, allowing the gingerbread to only be one of the breads used in the mixture ( the others being: croissants, apple spice muffins and sour dough bread. The technique isn’t really all that unusual if you remember what bread pudding was really all about. Its purpose was to allow the chef to utilize all of the extra unused bread scraps that a kitchen might produce… including but not limited to: cake, muffins, rolls, french loaves and (my favorite) croissants! Besides, for bread pudding, I tend to allow my spices to take control of the gingerbread… so diluting this with other breads only makes sense.

Here is my basic bread pudding recipe.

Gingerbread cubes, sour dough bread, apple cinnamon muffins and of course croissants! Everything is ready to be covered with the very nice custard!

Bon Appetite!

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Bread Pudding is different every time you make it!

Baked and nearly ready... Bread Pudding ( CLICK on picture for recipe)

I do enjoy recipes where the product turns out the same every time you make it… but bread pudding isn’t one of those type of recipes. Chefs usually made bread pudding with just about anything they had on hand: croissants, slices of cake, muffins… and yes, bread.

So my usual trip to the day old baker often yields some surprising results: blueberry jam filled puff pastry turnovers, muffins and some french bread ( I prefer baguettes). Oh I have to let it cool… which will give me time to prepare a very nice Amarula/ Barenjager sauce.

Bon Appetite.

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it’s bread pudding time!

it's bread pudding time
white raisins (saltanas) in armagnac, dried blueberries in rye whiskey and vanilla effusing Puerto Rican Rum! CLICK on the picture for the recipe and step-by-step directions.

I call this my ‘starter kit’ for my bread pudding. I’ll let this sit around in the refrigerator before I go to the day old bakery to find the perfect ‘stale’ bread, cake, and croissants for my bread pudding. The ‘sauce’ I’ll make at the last minute….

Although this dessert descends from humble beginnings, there is nothing humble about this wonderful dish by itself, a la mode or at the conclusion of your dinner.

Can’t wait!

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egg nog bread pudding is something special

egg nog bread pudding
Fans of the 'Count of Monte Cristo will recognize this scene, although the words were changed... slightly! 😉

What I love the most is bread, eggs, spices, cream and berries. I am very fond of GEORGE WASHINGTON’S eggnog with some minor tweaks, french toast and bread pudding… so why not combine how I do these things and see what happens. What happens is delicious!

bread pudding
Yummy! Covered with glazed nuts, roasted sesame seeds and a sauce that would make George washington proud -- including Sherry, Rye whisky, Armagnac and Rum!

My basic bread pudding recipe.

Definitely delicious!

Roger