Chocolate Bread Pudding

Name: Chocolate Bread Pudding
Yield: Serves 12
Ingredients: 1 (12-inch), loaf challah, cut into 1/2-inch cubes (about 12 cups) (see note); 4 cups, heavy cream; 2 cups, whole milk; 1/2 cup (1½ ounces), Dutch-processed cocoa powder; 1 tablespoon, instant espresso powder; 1 cup (7 ounces), sugar; 8 ounces, semisweet chocolate, chopped; 10 large, egg yolks

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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2009

Desserts or Baked Goods

Chocolate

Breads

Puddings, Custards, Gelatins, & Souffles

Most versions for chocolate bread pudding turn out treacly and dull, but the combination sounds like a match made in heaven. To fix this creamy, custardy pudding, our recipe is enriched with a ganache sauce made of melted chocolate and cream.

SERVES12

TIME2 hours, plus 30 minutes cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

The combination of cocoa powder and melted chocolate was key in our Chocolate Bread Pudding recipe—Dutch-processed cocoa provided a solid foundation of chocolate flavor, while melted semisweet chocolate provided richness. A bit of instant e...

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