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Chocolate Silk Bread Pudding

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Chocolate Silk Bread Pudding


Classic Home Desserts: A Treasury of
Heirloom and Contemporary Recipes from around the World
by Richard Sax, 1994, Chapters Publishing Ltd.

This is a "must-have" cookbook. Trust me. No? Okay. The publishers tout it as "worth its weight in gold". Marion Cunningham, M.F.K. Fisher, Maida Heatter,
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“Now this is something else altogether – more a deep chocolate pudding than a
bread pudding – pure dark silk. It’s an old family recipe from Judith Dern in
San Francisco.
The bread crumbs (used in many older versions of bread pudding) dissolve and melt into the eggs and chocolate as the dessert bakes, forming a smooth custard that’s
rich without being heavy. Use only the best chocolate for this pudding.”
” ‘My mother made this for years,’ Judith Dern says. ‘My job was to take fresh bread and tear it apart, then rub it between the palms of my hands into crumbs. By the way, you can also toss a 1/4 cup of Kahlúa into the custard mixture before baking.’ ”

Serves 6

4 cups (1 quart) milk
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, cut into pieces
4 ounces best-quality unsweetened chocolate, chopped
2 large eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups soft fresh bread crumbs
Whipped cream or vanilla ice cream, for serving (optional)

1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F, with a rack in the center. Butter a
1 1/2-quart shallow baking dish.
2. In a medium saucepan, combine the milk, butter and chocolate. Bring to a boil over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, until the butter and
chocolate melt.
3. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, whisk the eggs, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and salt. Add the bread crumbs; stir in the hot milk mixture. Pour into the
prepared baking dish.
4. Bake until the pudding is set and slightly wobbly, but not liquid in the center, usually 45 to 60 minute; do not overbake. Let cool on a wire rack.
5. Serve the silk pudding lukewarm or cold, with whipped cream or vanilla
ice cream, if you like.
 

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