Indulge in the delectable New Orleans classic, Creole bread pudding, a harmonious blend of soft, custard-soaked bread, aromatic spices, and the rich, bold flavors of bourbon sauce. This iconic dessert embodies the vibrant culinary heritage of the bayou, where sweet and savory converge to create a symphony of textures and flavors. As you embark on this culinary journey, you'll discover not only the classic Creole bread pudding recipe but also variations that elevate this dish to new heights. From the traditional bread pudding studded with raisins and pecans, to the decadent chocolate bread pudding that tantalizes the senses with its gooey chocolate center, to the unique savory bread pudding that incorporates the bold flavors of sausage and vegetables, this article offers a diverse collection of recipes that cater to every palate.
Here are our top 9 tried and tested recipes!
CREOLE BREAD PUDDING WITH BOURBON SAUCE
This classic recipe is adapted from "Cooking Up a Storm: Recipes Lost and Found from the Times-Picayune of New Orleans", published by Chronicle Books in 2008. I love making it with leftover King Cake during Mardi Gras season, or any soft, slightly stale bread, I love it with raisins and pecans, but you could use dried cranberries or dried cherries, and sprinkle nuts on top of each serving or leave them out. It's easily adapted to what you love and so easy to make.
Provided by Nancie McDermott / 'Cooking Up a Storm"
Categories American
Time 55m
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Generously grease a 13 by 9 inch baking pan with butter or vegetable oil.
- Combine the sugar and nutmeg in a large bowl and stir with a whisk or fork to mix well.
- Add the beaten eggs, milk, and vanilla, and stir to mix well into a custard,
- Add bread cubes along with raisins and nuts if using them, and stir to mix everything well.
- Set the pudding mixture aside for 20 to 30 minutes, to allow the bread to absorb the custard.
- Meanwhile, heat the oven to 350 degree4s F,
- While the pudding is resting, make the sauce, combining the water, brown sugar, and nutmeg in a small saucepan.
- In a small bowl, stir together the bourbon and the cornstarch, mixing them well,.
- Bring the saucepan of water and brown sugar to a rolling boil over high heat, and then add the cornstarch-bourbon mixture and brng tio a boil.
- Cookm, stirring oftenm until thickened and smooth, about 10 minutes.
- Remove from heat and add the butter, stiurring uniult iut melts and everything makes a smooth sauce. ,
- Remove from heat and set aside to cool.
- Pour the pudding mixture into the buttered baking dish and place it in the center of the 350 Degree oven.
- Bake until the custard is fairly firm, puffed up, and nicely, lightly browned.
- Remove from oven and place on a wire cooking rack or folded kitchen towel.
- Serve warm or at room temperature, with Sauce and whipped cream or ice cream.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 622 calories, Carbohydrate 96 grams carbohydrates, Cholesterol 126 milligrams cholesterol, Fat 23 grams fat, Fiber 3 grams fiber, Protein 13 grams protein, SaturatedFat 6 grams saturated fat, ServingSize 1, Sodium 202 grams sodium, Sugar 75 grams sugar, TransFat 0 grams trans fat, UnsaturatedFat 15 grams unsaturated fat
BREAD PUDDING WITH WARM BOURBON SAUCE
This signature dessert from New Orleans is a classic Creole dish.
Categories Bourbon Dairy Egg Dessert Bake Mardi Gras Fall Bon Appétit Vegetarian Pescatarian Peanut Free Soy Free Kosher
Yield Makes 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Butter 8-inch square baking dish. Whisk first 6 ingredients in medium bowl. Place bread and pecans in prepared dish. Pour milk mixture over and let stand 5 minutes. Push down bread into custard. Refrigerate 2 hours, pushing bread into custard occasionally.
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Place bread pudding in large metal baking pan. Add enough boiling water to baking pan to come 1 inch up sides of dish with bread pudding. Bake until pudding is puffed and golden brown on top, approximately 50 minutes. Remove dish with bread pudding from water and cool slightly. Cut into squares. Serve bread pudding warm with sauce.
CREOLE BREAD PUDDING WITH BOURBON SAUCE
I found this recipe on the MyRecipes.com website. The intro states it originates from New Orleans chef Leah Chase, the queen of Creole cuisine (and from Dooky Chase's Restaurant in New Orleans, Louisiana). It is positively delicious. It's really quite good as a plain bread pudding (without the added sauce). But the Bourbon sauce is really the je ne sais quoi finish that makes this stand out far above all the others I've tried. For those who don't care for alcohol, the Bourbon Sauce is not really "boozey" (it's not detected at all, in fact) but is a creamy sauce with a slight caramel flair to it.
Provided by Northwestgal
Categories Dessert
Time 1h15m
Yield 10-12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the evaporated milk, eggs and water until well blended. Add bread cubes, stirring to coat thoroughly. Stir in pineapple, grated apple, sugar, raisins and vanilla extract. Stir in melted butter, blending well.
- Pour into a greased 13- x 9-inch baking dish. Bake at 350° for 35 to 45 minutes or until set and crust is golden. Remove from oven, and let stand 2 minutes.
- For the Bourbon Sauce (which I prepared while the bread pudding was baking), melt butter in a small saucepan over medium-low heat; whisk in flour, and cook, whisking constantly, for 5 minutes. Stir in cream and sugar; cook, whisking constantly, for 3 minutes or until thickened. Stir in bourbon, vanilla, and nutmeg; cook, whisking constantly, 5 minutes or until thoroughly heated.
- Spoon Bourbon Sauce over each serving of Creole Bread Pudding.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 989.2, Fat 27.9, SaturatedFat 15.5, Cholesterol 185.3, Sodium 986.6, Carbohydrate 154.2, Fiber 5, Sugar 59.2, Protein 27.7
CREOLE BREAD PUDDING WITH BOURBON SAUCE RECIPE
This bread pudding is from New Orleans chef Leah Chase, the queen of Creole cuisine. And yes, it does call for 5 tablespoons of vanilla extract!
Provided by Leah Chase
Categories Desserts
Time 1h15m
Yield Makes 10 to 12 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°. Whisk together evaporated milk, eggs, and 1 cup water in a large bowl until well blended. Add bread cubes, stirring to coat thoroughly. Stir in pineapple and next 4 ingredients. Stir in butter, blending well. Pour into a greased 13- x 9-inch baking dish.
- Bake at 350° for 35 to 45 minutes or until set and crust is golden. Remove from oven, and let stand 2 minutes. Serve with Bourbon Sauce.
BOURBON BREAD PUDDING
Here we go back to New Orleans again, with Bourbon Street flair. Southern bourbon-soaked brioche bread makes a hearty Creole-style dessert. SERVES 10
Provided by Patrick and Gina Neely : Food Network
Categories dessert
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Butter a 13 by 9-inch baking dish, and put the cubed brioche in it. Sprinkle with the pecans.
- Whisk together the half-and-half, milk, eggs, butter, brown sugar, bourbon, vanilla, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg in a large bowl.
- Pour the custard mixture over the bread in the baking dish, giving the bread a stir to make sure it's coated. Let the pudding sit for 1 hour, so the bread can fully absorb the milk.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Once it is ready, put the dish in the oven and bake for 50 minutes, or until puffy and set. Remove, and let stand 10 minutes before serving. This is absolutely lovely when served with some fresh whipped cream.
CREOLE BREAD PUDDING WITH WHISKEY SAUCE
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F.
- Butter a large (11 x 8 1/2 x 3 inches) casserole dish and set aside. (Once in the oven, the casserole will sit inside a larger pan. A roasting pan would be good.) Mix the eggs, cream, and vanilla in a large bowl, and combine the sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a separate bowl. This helps to evenly distribute the spices. Add the sugar mixture to the egg mixture, and combine thoroughly.
- Place the raisins in the bottom of the buttered casserole, and add the bread slices in a single layer. Gently pour the custard over the bread, making certain that all the bread thoroughly soaks up the custard. Cover the casserole with foil, place in a larger dish (the roasting pan, if that's what you've decided to use) partly filled with hot water, and bake for 2 1/2 hours. Remove the foil, add increase the oven temperature to 300 degrees. Bake for 1 hour more, or until the pudding is golden brown and slightly firm. Use a spoon to make sure the custard is fully cooked; it should be moist but no longer runny. If you're unsure whether it's done, remove it from the oven and let it cool while it remains sitting in the water bath; the carryover effect will keep it cooking but it will not overcook. Serve slightly warm with whiskey sauce.
- Bring the cream to a boil, combine the cornstarch and water, and add the mixture to the boiling cream, stirring constantly. Return to a boil, then reduce the heat and cook, stirring, for about 30 seconds, being careful not to burn the mixture. Add the sugar and bourbon, and stir. Let cool to room temperature.
COCONUT CREOLE BREAD PUDDING WITH BOURBON SAUCE
Categories Bourbon Dairy Egg Fruit Nut Dessert Bake Mardi Gras Coconut Winter Gourmet Vegetarian Pescatarian Peanut Free Soy Free Kosher
Yield Serves 6
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Make pudding:
- Discard crust from bread and cut enough bread into 1/2-inch cubes to measure 6 cups. In a large baking pan dry bread, uncovered, at room temperature 12 hours. (Alternatively, dry bread in a 250°F oven 1 hour.)
- Butter a 1 1/2-quart shallow baking dish.
- Drain pineapple well. Chop pecans and toast golden. In a bowl toss together bread, pineapple, and half of pecans and transfer to baking dish. In bowl whisk together eggs, sugar, milk, cream, and vanilla and pour slowly and evenly over bread mixture. Chill pudding, covered, at least 1 hour and up to 1 day.
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Sprinkle remaining pecans over pudding. Cut butter into bits and dot pudding with it. Bake pudding in middle of oven 20 minutes. Remove pudding from oven and drop walnut-size mounds of coconut decoratively on top. Bake pudding until coconut is golden brown, about 20 minutes more.
- In a small bowl stir together cornstarch and bourbon. In a small heavy saucepan bring cream, milk, sugar, and a pinch salt to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Whisk cornstarch mixture and whisk into cream mixture. Boil sauce gently, whisking, 1 minute, or until thickened. Keep sauce warm, covered.
- Serve pudding warm or at room temperature with sauce.
BREAD PUDDING WITH BOURBON SAUCE
This Southern Bread Pudding is luscious. Be sure to serve the bourbon sauce while it is slightly warm. Quite often, this is our family's choice of holiday desserts. This came from an old southern cookbook many years ago.
Provided by NoSpringChicken
Categories Dessert
Time 1h15m
Yield 8-10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Combine bread and milk in a large mixing bowl; set aside for 5 minutes.
- Add eggs, sugar, raisins, butter and vanilla; stir well.
- Spoon mixture into a greased 3 quart casserole.
- Bake, uncovered, at 325°F for 1 hour or until firm.
- Cool in pan at least 20 minutes before serving.
- Spoon into individual serving bowls; serve with Bourbon Sauce.
- Bourbon Sauce: Combine butter and sugar in a small saucepan; cook over medium, stirring frequently, until sugar dissolves.
- Add egg, stirring briskly with a wire whisk until well blended.
- Cook over medium heat 1 minute.
- Remove from heat, cool slightly; stir in bourbon.
CREOLE BREAD PUDDING WITH BOURBON SAUCE
This recipe is positively delicious and quite good as a plain bread pudding (without the added sauce). But the Bourbon sauce is really the je ne sais quoi finish that makes this stand out far above all the others I've tried. For those who don't care for alcohol, the Bourbon Sauce is not really "boozy" (it's not detected at all,...
Provided by Vickie Parks
Categories Other Desserts
Time 1h15m
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- 1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
- 2. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the evaporated milk, eggs, water and cinnamon until well blended. Add bread cubes, stirring to coat thoroughly. Stir in pineapple, grated apple, sugar, raisins and vanilla extract. Stir in melted butter, blending well.
- 3. Pour into a greased 13x9-inch baking dish. Bake at 350° for 35 to 45 minutes or until set and crust is golden. Remove from oven, and let stand 2 minutes.
- 4. For the Bourbon Sauce (which I prepared while the bread pudding was baking), melt butter in a small saucepan over medium-low heat; whisk in flour, and cook, whisking constantly, for 5 minutes. Stir in cream and sugar; cook, whisking constantly, for 3 minutes or until thickened. Stir in bourbon, vanilla, and nutmeg; cook, whisking constantly, 5 minutes or until thoroughly heated.
- 5. Spoon Bourbon Sauce over each serving of Creole Bread Pudding.
Tips:
- Use high-quality bread: The type of bread you use will greatly affect the flavor and texture of your bread pudding. Choose a bread that is slightly stale, as this will help it to absorb the custard more easily. Some good options include French bread, challah, or brioche.
- Soak the bread in the custard: This step is essential for ensuring that the bread pudding is moist and flavorful. Allow the bread to soak in the custard for at least 30 minutes, or up to overnight.
- Use a variety of spices: Creole bread pudding is traditionally flavored with a variety of spices, such as cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice. You can also add other spices, such as ginger, cloves, or cardamom, to taste.
- Don't overcook the bread pudding: Bread pudding is best when it is cooked until it is just set. Overcooking will make it dry and crumbly. The pudding should have a slight wobble in the center when it is done.
- Serve the bread pudding warm: Bread pudding is best served warm, with a drizzle of bourbon sauce or whipped cream. You can also sprinkle it with chopped nuts or fresh berries.
Conclusion:
Creole bread pudding is a delicious and easy-to-make dessert that is perfect for any occasion. With its rich flavor and creamy texture, this bread pudding is sure to be a hit with everyone who tries it. So next time you are looking for a special treat, give Creole bread pudding a try. You won't be disappointed!
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