Photo: Peaches and Cream Bread Pudding with Amaretto Sauce Recipe
Ingredients
For the pudding:
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened, plus 4 tablespoons melted
- 6 cups 1-inch cubes of day-old bread
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 2 cups milk
- 2 pounds peaches, peeled and seeded, cut into 1-inch chunks
- 1 cup sugar
- 5 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
For the sauce:
- 1 stick butter
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 1/3 cup amaretto
Directions
For the Bread Pudding: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 10 by 14-inch baking dish with 1 tablespoon of the softened butter.
In a large bowl, combine the bread cubes, heavy cream and milk and let sit for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
While the bread is soaking, heat the remaining 3 tablespoons of softened butter in a large skillet and, when butter begins to bubble, add the peaches and 1/4 cup of the sugar. Cook, stirring occasionally, until peaches are golden brown around the edges and softened, 4 to 6 minutes. Set aside.
In a medium bowl, combine the eggs, the remaining 3/4 cup of sugar, vanilla, and nutmeg and whisk well to combine. Stir the egg mixture into the bread mixture and fold to combine. Add the warm peaches and fold gently but thoroughly to combine. Pour into the prepared dish. Drizzle with the melted butter and bake until golden brown, puffed, and slightly firm when pressed in the center, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Cool on a wire rack until just warm, about 20 minutes.
For the Amaretto Sauce: In a small, heavy enameled or other non-reactive saucepan over medium low heat, add the butter and cook until melted. In a small bowl combine the cream, sugar, and egg yolks and whisk to combine. Add the cream mixture to the melted butter and stir well. Cook, stirring constantly, until the sauce thickens and coats the back of a spoon, about 10 minutes. Remove from the heat immediately and add the amaretto. Transfer sauce to a small heatproof bowl and serve hot or warm over warm bread pudding.
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By strock99
Hilo, Hawaii
on December 05, 2012
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This recipe was nothing short of amazing! My friend loves bread pudding, and I was looking for a recipe to turn into cupcake size for individual portions for her birthday party. The bread pudding and the sauce are amazing...so good I ate 2. I added a little more bread since I didn't use a pan, and the consistency was very wet (about a pound and a half of portuguese sweet bread. I used 2 cupcake pans, so made 24 plus 2-6 oz ramekins to keep at home. I didn't have fresh peaches since it's December, but the canned peaches worked fine. Maybe the frozen would have been better texture-wise, but the flavor was still outstanding. When I first put the sauce together, I thought it might be a little sweet, but the amaretto really cut thru the sugar beautifully. This is the best bread pudding I have ever had including at restaurants!
By smithsh2
Charlottesville, VA
on March 08, 2011
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Delicious! I made this after dinner tonight and even my husband, who hates peaches, loved it. I didn't have amaretto so while the peaches were sauteing I added a splash of Jack Daniels. It gave it a great, subtle flavor (maybe that's why my hubby liked it. Since there was only 2 of us, I used ramekins and cut the recipe in half which made 4 ramekins worth.
By Cabin in the Woods
on January 25, 2011
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I made this dessert for my sister and brother-in-law for their birthdays. It was absolutely delicious! I used peaches I froze last fall. I agree with other raters that you have to be careful about the bread pudding setting-up, and I suggest draining some of the liquid before adding the peaches to the bread mixture. The Amaretto sauce is divine. Thank you so much for such a delicious desert, Emeril. You're the best!
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