Apple Bread Pudding with Hard Cider Sauce

Recipe courtesy Emeril Lagasse, 2003

Show: Emeril LiveEpisode: Cider Rules

Rated: 5 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (14)

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Cook Time:
1 hr 0 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
8 to 10 servings

Times:

Prep: 20 min
Inactive Prep: 1 hr 15 min
Cook: 1 hr 0 min
Total:: 2 hr 35 min

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Ingredients

2 tablespoons unsalted butter
4 large eggs
3 cups heavy cream
1 cup apple cider
1 cup packed light brown sugar
2 tablespoons melted unsalted butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
6 cups cubed stale raisin-cinnamon bread
1 Granny Smith apple, cored and cubed (about 1 cup)
1 cup dried apples
Hard Cider Sauce, recipe follows

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 10 by 14-inch baking dish with the butter and set aside.

In a large bowl, beat the eggs. Add the cream, cider, sugar, melted butter, salt, and cinnamon, and whisk to combine. Add the bread, fresh and dried apples, and stir to combine. Pour into the prepared dish, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until the bread is well saturated, up to 1 hour.) Bake until the top is golden brown and the center is firm, about 1 hour.

Remove from the oven and let sit on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Cut into pieces and drizzle with the Hard Cider Sauce. Serve immediately.

Hard Cider Sauce:

4 tablespoons unsalted butter

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup hard cider

4 large egg yolks

In the top of a double boiler, melt the butter over simmering water. Add the sugar and whisk to combine, whisking for 1 minute. Add the cider and whisk until the sugar is dissolved, 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and add the egg yolks, 1 at a time, whisking constantly. Return to the heat and continue whisking until the sauce is pale and slightly thickened, 5 minutes.

Remove from the heat.

Spoon the sauce over the pudding and serve immediately. (Note: The sauce will thicken and set up as it cools. If you desire a thicker consistency, serve the sauce slightly cooled.)

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recipe Apple Bread Pudding with Hard Cider Sauce
Deborah Pacifica, CA 11-08-2009
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Oh My Gosh!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This is by far, the best bread pudding I've ever had in my life. All of my family and friends beg me to make this recipe all... the time. Try subbing Calvados for the hard cider, yummy! Make sure you don't leave the sauce while cooking, it can break in a blink of an eye. Truly, try this recipe, you'll never make any other.Read more
recipe Apple Bread Pudding with Hard Cider Sauce
Anonymous 12-27-2007
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Good pudding, bad sauce
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

The bread pudding was good, but the sauce did not turn out. I would make the bread pudding again, but top with jarred caramel... sauce and whipped cream.Read more
recipe Apple Bread Pudding with Hard Cider Sauce
CRYSTAL burien, WA 03-21-2007
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Wonderful!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I used just cinnamon bread and added walnuts. The sauce was good on it's own but I added cinnamon and nutmeg to it and it was... fantastic!!!Read more
recipe Apple Bread Pudding with Hard Cider Sauce
julie austin, TX 02-19-2007
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Great Bread pudding
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

i didnt use hard cider...just used the spiced cider. excellent flavor. i halfed the recipe and worked out great.
recipe Apple Bread Pudding with Hard Cider Sauce
mario MIDDLETOWN, NY 02-18-2007
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tast great
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

the cider sauce was great and the apple bread pudding was a household hit
recipe Apple Bread Pudding with Hard Cider Sauce
Anonymous 01-01-2007
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Excellent Indeed
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Excellent on its own even without the sauce and I don't even like bread pudding!