Palace Cafe Chocolate Bread Pudding

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 cups whipping cream
• 10 ounces chocolate
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 8 egg yolks
• 1 loaf french bread or 1 loaf italian bread, cut into 1/4 " slices and dried in oven
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 8 ounces chocolate, melted
• 3 ounces heavy cream
• 2 tablespoons chocolate shavings (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 275.
• 2 (temperature is correct) spray a casserole dish large enough to hold the bread and egg mixture with non-stick vegetable spray.
• 3 being careful not to burn the mixture, heat cream & add chocolate in a double boiler. stir until melted and remove from the heat.
• 4 also in a double boiler, whisk together the milk, sugar, eggs, egg yolks and vanilla and heat until till just warm.
• 5 pour this into chocolate mixture and blend.
• 6 place the bread in the baking dish & pour half the cream mixture over the bread.
• 7 let it absorb for a few minutes & pour remaining cream mixture over the pudding.
• 8 cover with foil & bake for 1 hour.
• 9 remove foil & bake 15 minutes longer, or until top is golden.
• 10 to make the sauce.
• 11 in a double boiler, melt 8 oz chocolate with the cream.
• 12 remove from the heat & stir until blended.
• 13 to serve: let the pudding cool to room temperature.
• 14 (can be served warm or chilled).
• 15 cut into serving pieces & spoon the warm sauce over the servings.
• 16 top with chocolate shavings.