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Warm Chocolate-Hazelnut Bread Pudding




Source of Recipe


Cafe Terra Cotta


Recipe Introduction


Chocolate bread puddings are laced with hazelnut bits and centered with melted chocolate. They are served with coffee ice cream on a plate sauced with creme anglaise and garnished with fresh fruit. Let the liquid chocolate centers be a surprise for guests!


List of Ingredients




Make 24

4 cups white bread, crust removed, torn into small pieces
1/2 cup milk
12 tablespoons unsalted butter
3/4 cup confectioner's sugar
6 egg yolks
4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, melted
1 cup dry bread crumbs
1 cup toasted, ground hazelnuts
1 tablespoon vanilla
10 egg whites
1/2 cup sugar
4 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, cut into 1/2-inch cubes

Garnish
4 peaches or nectarines
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 cups creme anglaise
1 gallon coffee ice cream
1 cup strawberries, hulled and cut in half lengthwise
1 cup blueberries
1 cup raspberries
24 small tuile cookies or mint leaves


Recipe



Grease 12 ramekins with butter. Preheat the oven to 375 F. Soak the bread in the milk and gently squeeze out any excess. Cream the butter and confectioner's sugar in a mixer until light and fluffy. One at a time, add the egg yolks, beating between each addition until fully incorporated. Add the squeezed bread, chocolate, bread crumbs, nuts, and vanilla to the butter mixture and mix well.

In a clean bowl with clean beaters, beat the egg whites on medium speed until foamy. Increase the speed to high and slowly add the sugar while beating. Beat until the whites stand in stiff, shiny peaks. Fold the egg whites into the chocolate mixture. Fill the greased ramekins 3/4 full. Bury a small chunk of chocolate in the center of each. Place the filled ramekins in a large deep pan and fill the pan with hot water two-thirds of the way up the sides of the ramekins to create a water bath. Cover with foil. Bake until set, about 30 minutes. Remove from oven. Remove from water bath. Let cool enough to handle.

To serve: Peel and pit the peaches or nectarines and cut into 1/2-inch dice. Toss with the lemon juice. Sauce the dessert plates with creme anglaise: pour a little creme anglaise into each and tilt the plates to spread the sauce over the inner surface of the plates. Unmold a bread pudding onto each dessert plate. Place a small scoop of coffee ice cream next to each. Garnish with the peaches or nectarines, strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries. Finish each with a small tuile cookie or mint leaf.