Chocolate Bread Pudding With Spiced Cream

* Exported from MasterCook *

Chocolate Bread Pudding With Spiced Cream

Recipe By : Emeril Lagasse
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Posted To Recipelu

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 teaspoon unsalted butter
4 large eggs
1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips -- melted
1/4 cup grand marnier or other orange-flavored
-- liqueur
2 cups half-and-half
8 slices day-old white bread -- crusts removed and
-- cut into 1/2-inch
1 cubes -- (about 4 cups)
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
spiced cream -- see recipe

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

2. Grease a 6-cup (9 1/4 x 5 1/4 x 2 3/4-inch) loaf pan with butter.

3. Whisk the eggs, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, melted chocolate and Grand
Marnier together in a large mixing bowl until very smooth. Add the half-and-ha
lf and mix well. Add the bread and let the mixture sit for 30 minutes, stirring
occasionally.

4. Pour half of the mixture into the prepared pan. Sprinkle the top with the un
melted chocolate chips. Pour the remaining bread mixture over the chocolate chi
ps. Bake until the pudding is set in the center, about 55 minutes. Let cool for
5 minutes.

5. To serve, cut the pudding into 1-inch-thick slices. Top with the spiced crea
m.

Yield: 8-10 servings

Busted by Barb on 2/20/98

Posted to RecipeLu List by "abprice@wf.net" <abprice@wf.net> on Mar 22, 1998.





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