Bread Pudding for Dinner or Dessert

New York Times ^ | JUNE 29, 2012 | TARA PARKER-POPE

[nickcarraway]

I still remember the first time I tasted bread pudding — a heavenly concoction conjured up at Commander’s Palace in New Orleans. But it was only recently that I learned how easy it is to make bread pudding at home after trying a chocolate-pumpkin bread pudding recipe from the vegan chef Chloe Coscarelli. (Coconut milk makes it irresistible.)

This week, Martha Rose Shulman takes the dish to the next level, offering both savory and sweet varieties certain to please any bread pudding aficionado. She writes:

The savory bread puddings I’ve always made have been Italian strata, casseroles made with cubes or slices of bread, milk, eggs, cheese and vegetables. I was recently introduced to an Alsatian version of a sweet bread pudding, in which the bread is soaked in the milk first, then beaten with eggs, sugar and flavorings, folded with beaten egg whites, and poured into a baking dish over fruit. I loved this technique, because there were no hard, dry edges of bread after baking, so I applied it to my savory bread puddings too (without separating the eggs), and got delicious results. The puddings are moist, with a bonus layer of custard that seeps out of the bread crumbs at the bottom of the casserole dish. The sweet ones, in which the eggs are separated, puff like soufflés.

You can use baguettes or country bread for these, white or whole-wheat. I tried them with whole-wheat sandwich bread, but the sliced bread didn’t hold the custard as well and the puddings were a bit soggy.

[skinkinthegrass]

stop it!.. it's too close to dinnertime. B-)

[jakerobins]

MMMMM Bread Pudding! Sounds good....but don’t forget the bourbon.

Classic New Orleans Bread Pudding with a Bourbon Sauce

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/classic-new-orleans-bread-pudding-with-a-bourbon-sauce-recipe/index.html

[fwdude]

for those on a sky-high carb diet.

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

Yum yum. Nom nom.

[BornToBeAmerican]

I grew up on bread pudding, my mum made it quite often. I can't say I miss it. But they were fond times. Thanks for the memories.

[rsobin]

I need something colder.

[Grams A]

Good heavens - I grew up on a farm in Kansas and bread pudding was a staple in our house and not considered as anything particularly fancy. Used day old (homemade) bread, some eggs, real vanilla, some fresh raw milk which was about half cream, a little sugar, cinnamon and raisins. Mix it up, put it in a pan and bake it until it’s done! We sometimes ate it for breakfast but usually with our dinner and my dad always had to have some to take in his lunch bucket. I still make it for my kids and grandchildren except I use half and half instead of raw milk.

I am amazed that so many people have never had basic homemade American food.

[Venturer]

Vegans murdering wheat to provide themselves with bread.

[Bitsy]

I grew up on bread pudding, my mum made it quite often.

My son make the best bread pudding EVER. It comes out more like a custard with golden raisins. There is no hard crust just a lovely, creamy, custardly heaven! Delicious. Of course, in New Orleans, like most places everyone has their own recipe - My son's happens to be the best:-)

[xrmusn]

I am amazed that so many people have never had basic homemade American food
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Yes, there is something about ‘commercial’ bread pudding served today that just doesn’t ‘cut it’.

It is definitely NOT the treat I remember when growing up, and it was basically a ‘slumgullion’ of bread on the verging of turning - and other various ingredients (leftovers) and fillers -even what we had occasionally in the Navy is better than most of todays fare.

Something else these people don’t get right is Kim-chi - even what the Koreans in this country are making does not pass my taste test.
Of course there is probably a little more restrictions in the States when it comes to producing and selling it.....<:

[MissMagnolia]

The sweet potatoes make this recipe 'healthy' (wink, wink!):

Recipe: Sweet Potato Bread Pudding with Whiskey Hard Sauce

[Chode]

BOTH!!!

[bgill]

People pay big money to have some dude with a fake french accent to make bread pudding for them? Is it any wonder they can’t pay their mortgages. Geez, here I thought bread pudding was what the frugal homemaker made with stale bread. Stir in a couple eggs, some milk, sugar, a few hard rasins from the bottom of the box and a dash of cinnamon and butter on top. Five minutes and it’s in the oven. Sure, it’s good eats but what’s so hard about it?

[mware]

Blueberries are in season right now in South Jersey.

One of my favorite summer treats is blueberry dumplings.

You stew some blueberries and then drop Pillsbury biscuits into the stewed berries and let them simmer until they form dumplings.

[BornToBeAmerican]

You might have to ping me the recipe it sounds delicious
As.

[skinkinthegrass]

our mom tried to give us an (homemade) flan a couple
"you must have something different/civilized culture" was said.
of times...the commercial type was so much better.

[riri]

I am amazed that so many people have never had basic homemade American food.

I had it for the first time earlier this year. Someone in my office brought it in. Then I tried to replicate it at home but my version was no where near as good.

[skinkinthegrass]

"need something colder"hmm..something much colder w/ more (alcoholic) bubbles?
...or maybe a "old world" fruitcake. :-D

[Slambat]

Bread Pudding? Worthless. You can’t hide a gun in it.