Custard Bread Pudding

By á-174942

Ingredients

• 1 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup Jamaican rum
• 20 ounces white bread crust trimmed, and cut into 1" cubes - (abt 10 cups)
• 4 cups whole milk
• 15 large eggs
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon grated fresh nutmeg

Details

Servings 12

Preparation

Step 1

In a small bowl, combine raisins in rum and soak for at least 2 hours. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly coat a 10- by 3-inch round baking dish or 2-quart souffle dish with vegetable cooking spray. Add the bread cubes to the dish and sprinkle the raisin/rum mixture on top.

In a large bowl, combine the milk, eggs, sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Stir the egg mixture into the bread/raisin mixture. Cover with foil. Place the baking dish in a larger, high-sided roasting pan. Add boiling water into the roasting pan around the baking dish to a depth of 2 inches.

Bake for 45 minutes. Remove the foil. Continue baking, uncovered, for 5 minutes, until top is golden and the mixture is slightly puffed or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean.

Cool slightly before serving. If desired, serve with Creme Anglaise, flavored with rum to taste, if desired.

This recipe yields 12 servings.