Croissant Maple Bread Pudding

Name: Croissant Maple Bread Pudding
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 4 leftover croissants, about 6 cups cut; 6 eggs; 237 milliliters granulated sugar; 473 milliliters half-and-half; 473 milliliters heavy cream; 118 milliliters maple syrup; 1 pinch Pinch salt; 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise; 8 servings Serving suggestion: vanilla ice cream

Croissant Maple Bread Pudding

Croissant Maple Bread Pudding is a dessert that serves 8. One portion of this dish contains around 12g of protein, 45g of fat, and a total of 733 calories. This recipe covers 14% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe from Foodnetwork requires salt, vanilla bean, granulated sugar, and half-and-half. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 30 minutes. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Croissant Bread Pudding, Croissant Bread Pudding, and Croissant Bread Pudding.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

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Butter a 9 by 9-inch baking dish and line it with plastic wrap going up the walls of the pan.

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Butter

Wrap

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Cut up the croissants into 1-inch cubes and place them on a sheet pan.

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Croissant

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Place in oven and toast for 10 to 15 minutes until slightly crisp, then place them in a bowl.

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Sandwich Bread

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Meanwhile, in a saucepan, heat the half-and-half, cream, salt, and vanilla bean over medium heat, stirring occasionally to make sure the mixture doesn't burn or stick to the bottom of the pan. When the cream mixture reaches a fast simmer (do not let it boil), turn off the heat. Set aside to infuse for 10 minutes.

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Vanilla Bean

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In a large mixing bowl, whisk the eggs and sugar together.

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Whisk

Whisking constantly, gradually add the hot cream mixture. Strain over the croissant cubes to remove the vanilla bean, and let soak 15 minutes, gently turning the cubes over once. Empty the mixture into the baking dish.

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Let soak another 30 minutes, or overnight, in the refrigerator.

Heat the oven to 350 degrees F.

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Place the baking dish in a hot water bath.

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Water

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Bake until just set and very light golden brown on top, about 25 to 30 minutes.

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Let cool, then chill in the refrigerator 4 hours or overnight. The next day, turn out the pudding and cut round 3-inch plugs from the pudding, place them on a microwave-proof pan and cover with plastic wrap.

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To serve, warm maple syrup in a saucepan and keep warm. Warm the plugs of bread pudding in the microwave and serve topped with hot maple syrup.

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Serve with ice cream.

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Servings:

leftover croissants, about 6 cups cut 6

eggs 237milliliters

granulated sugar 473milliliters

half-and-half 473milliliters

heavy cream 118milliliters

maple syrup 1pinch

Pinch salt 1

vanilla bean, split lengthwise 8servings

Serving suggestion: vanilla ice cream

Recommended wine: Madeira, Pedro Ximenez

Bread Pudding works really well with Madeiran and Pedro Ximénez. Pedro Ximénez's sweet, nutty flavor with notes of figs and caramel pair so well with bread pudding. Madeiran is another option - you can even find recipes using madeiran in the bread pudding! You could try Azores Wine Company Verdelho O Original. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.6 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 50 dollars per bottle.

Azores Wine Company Verdelho O Original

Bright straw-yellow. Aromas of passionfruit, pineapple, sea spray and oyster shell on the nose. On the palate, vibrant and fresh with high toned tropical fruit held in balance by impressive mid-palate weight and breadth. Finishes long and clean, with the Azores’ tell-tale saline minerality running through the finish.What better food to eat with a wine from the islands than the bounty of the sea? Shellfish, oysters, grilled or fried fish are all excellent pairing ideas.