Chocolate-walnut bread pudding with white chocolate sauce

12 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
6 cups Cubed stale Italian bread
1 cup Chopped toasted walnuts
4 cups Milk
3 tablespoons Unsalted butter
¾ cup Packed light brown sugar
⅛ teaspoon Salt
4 ounces Semisweet chocolate
1 ounce Unsweetened baking chocolate
4 Eggs
2 teaspoons Vanilla
1 cup Heavy cream
2 tablespoons Granulated sugar
⅛ teaspoon Salt
2 teaspoons Cornstarch; dissolved in 1 tablespoon cold water
3 ounces White chocolate
¼ teaspoon Vanilla beans

Directions

WHITE CHOCOLATE SAUCE

Heat oven to 350. Grease shallow 2-quart baking dish with butter. Add bread and walnuts to dish. Combine 2 cups milk, butter, sugar, salt in saucepan.

Bring to simmer, stir to melt butter. Remove from heat. Add chocolate; let stand 5 minutes. Whisk until smooth. Whisk eggs, vanilla and remaining milk in bowl. Whisk into chocolate mixture; pour over bread, Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until set in center. WHITE CHOCOLATE SAUCE: Bring cream, sugar and salt in saucepan to simmer. Stir in cornstarch, simmer, stirring until thickened, about 1 minute. Remove from heat. Stir in white chocolate and vanilla until smooth. Serve with warm or room temperature pudding. Typed by Ethel Snyder <essie49@...> Date: July 24, 1997 Recipe by: Family Circle magazine -- 2/18/97 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #689 by essie49@... (Ethel R Snyder) on Jul 25, 1997

Related recipes