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    Desserts: Cranberry Bread Pudding

    Source of Recipe

    Emeril Lagasse

    List of Ingredients

    1 teaspoon unsalted butter
    4 large eggs
    1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
    1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    1/8 teaspoon fresh grated nutmeg
    1 teaspoon pure vanilla
    2 cups cranberry compote or sauce (see recipe)
    1 cup pecan pieces, toasted, rough chopped
    2 cups half and half
    4 cups crustless day old bread, 1/2" cubes
    bourbon spiced cream

    Recipe

    Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Grease a 6-cup (9 1/4 by 5 1/4 by 2 3/4-inch) loaf pan with butter. Whisk together eggs, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla and cranberry sauce until very smooth. Stir in half-and-half. bread and pecans. Let the mixture sit for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Pour the mixture into the prepared pan. Bake until the pudding is set in the center, about 55 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes. To serve, cut the pudding into 1-inch thick slices. Top with the Bourbon Spiced cream. Garnish with confectionersí sugar and mint.

    FRESH CRANBERRY COMPOTE:
    1/2 pound fresh cranberries
    1 tablespoon grated orange zest
    1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
    1/4 cup fresh orange juice
    3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
    1/2 cup granulated sugar
    1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
    2 cups water
    3 tablespoons cornstarch
    Put the cranberries, orange and lemon zest, orange and lemon juice, sugar, vanilla, and 1 1/2 cups of the water in a medium-size nonreactive saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil and cook for 8 minutes. Dissolve the cornstarch in the remaining 1/2 cup of water and add to the pan. Reduce the heat to medium, then stir constantly until the mixture thickens, about 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and cool completely. Yield: 2 cups

    BOURBON SPICED CREAM:
    1 quart heavy cream
    1/2 cup bourbon
    1/4 cup granulated sugar
    1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
    Beat the cream and bourbon with an electric mixer on high speed in a large mixing bowl for about 2 minutes. Add the sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg and beat again until the mixture thickens and forms stiff peaks, another 1 to 2 minutes. Yield: 4 cups

 

 

 


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