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Pumpkin And Pecan Bread Pudding




Source of Recipe


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List of Ingredients



• 1/4 cup sugar
  
• 3 whole eggs
  
• 3 egg yolks
  
• 4 cups half-and-half
  
• 2 cups heavy whipping cream
  
• 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
  
• 1 can solid-pack pumpkin
  
• 2 tablespoons cinnamon
  
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
  
• 2 tablespoons salted butter
  
• 1 loaf stale French bread, cut into 1/2-inch thick slices
  
• 1 cup pecan pieces
  






Instructions



1. Preheat the oven to 250 degrees. Whisk the sugar, whole eggs and yolks, half-and-half, cream and vanilla in a large bowl to make a smooth custard. Combine the pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg and 1/2 cup of the custard mixture in another bowl.
   
   
2. Generously grease the insides of two 10-inch cake pans with the butter. Line the perimeters of each pan with the smallest slices of bread, then
   cover the bottom of each with an overlapping bread layer.
   
   
3. Pour one-sixth of the custard mixture over the bread to soak it. Spread one-fourth of the pumpkin over the bread in each pan, then sprinkle about one-fourth of the pecans over the pumpkin. Repeat the process in the same order, ending with a layer of bread, pecans, and a final soaking with the spiced custard.
   
   
4. Bake for about 1 1/2 hours. The pudding will rise a great deal, but it will fall again when you take it out of the oven. Remove and cool. Cut into pie-style slices and serve either warm or cold.
   
   






Final Comments


BOURBON WHISKEY SAUCE FOR BREAD PUDDING

1 stick unsalted butter
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon orange juice, strained
1 egg
1/4 cup (or more to taste) bourbon, or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Melt the butter in a sauce pan over medium-low heat. Add the sugar, orange juice, and 1/4 cup of water, and cook until the sugar is completely dissolved. Remove from heat.

Beat the egg well in a bowl. Add the butter-sugar mixture, about a tablespoon at a time, whisking constantly. (You can pick up the pace after
half of the butter-sugar is added.) Add the bourbon or vanilla and whisk until smooth.