New Orleans bread pudding with whiskey sauce
Day-old French bread custard pudding with a buttery bourbon sauce
AmericanEvery Creole restaurant in New Orleans, from neighbourhood po'boy shops to grand old dining rooms in the Garden District, serves bread pudding, because the city's light, crusty French bread goes stale in a day. The bread soaks in a cinnamon custard with raisins and bakes until puffed and golden, then gets a warm whiskey butter sauce. The sauce contains bourbon; for an alcohol-free version use 3 tbsp apple juice and 1 tsp vanilla instead. Chef's tip: let the bread soak for a full 30 minutes so it drinks up the custard; dry patches bake hard.
- Total time
- 75 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 8
Ingredients
For the pudding
For the whiskey sauce
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Method
0/5 doneStep 1: Whisk the 3 cups whole milk, 4 eggs, 5 ½ oz sugar, 1 ¾ oz butter, 1 tbsp vanilla extract, 1 tsp ground cinnamon and ¼ tsp grated nutmeg. Add the 14 oz day-old French bread or baguette and 2 ⅞ oz raisins, press down and leave to soak for 30 minutes.
32 minStep 2: Heat the oven to 350°F (325°F fan) and butter a 23 × 30 cm dish. Tip in the mixture and level it.
3 minStep 3: Bake for 45–55 minutes until puffed and golden and a knife in the centre comes out with no runny custard.
55 minStep 4: For the sauce, melt the 2 ⅞ oz butter with the 3 ½ oz sugar over a low heat. Whisk the 1 egg yolk with the ¼ cup double cream, then whisk in a spoonful of the hot butter.
4 minStep 5: Pour the yolk back into the pan and stir over a low heat for 2 minutes until it thickens slightly; a common mistake is letting it boil, which curdles the yolk. Off the heat stir in the 3 tbsp bourbon whiskey. Pour warm sauce over squares of pudding.
3 min
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 480 kcal
- Protein
- 9 g
- Carbs
- 60 g
- Fat
- 21 g
- Fibre
- 2 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does new Orleans bread pudding with whiskey sauce take?
- About 75 minutes in total: 20 minutes to prepare and 55 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 8 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegetarian?
- Yes. It has no meat or fish.
- What can I use instead of whole milk?
- Semi-skimmed milk with 1 tbsp cream per 240ml (1 cup).
- What can I use instead of eggs?
- 1 tbsp ground flaxseed + 3 tbsp water per egg, left for 5 minutes (baking only; vegan).
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