Recipe courtesy of Jeremy Bazata
Layered Almond Cream Cheese Bread Pudding with Amaretto Cream Sauce
- Level: Intermediate
- Yield: 12 servings
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 12 servings
- Calories
- 794
- Total Fat
- 59
- Saturated Fat
- 26
- Carbohydrates
- 45
- Dietary Fiber
- 6
- Sugar
- 21
- Protein
- 20
- Cholesterol
- 265
- Sodium
- 362
- Total: 2 hr
- Prep: 30 min
- Inactive: 30 min
- Cook: 1 hr
Ingredients
Vegetable cooking spray
1 (16-ounce) loaf honey white bread, sliced and divided
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
9 large eggs, divided
1/4 cup sugar, plus 2 tablespoons sugar
3 teaspoons vanilla extract, divided
11/4 cups almond filling, plus 2 tablespoons almond filling
1 cup butter, melted and divided
2 1/2 cups half-and-half
Dash salt
1 egg yolk
1/4 cup slivered almonds
Amaretto Cream Sauce, recipe follows
Amaretto Cream Sauce:
1/2 cup amaretto liqueur
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 1/2 cups whipping cream
1/2 cup sugar
Directions
- Coat a 13 by 9 by 3-inch pan with cooking spray. Arrange 4 1/2 bread slices in bottom of prepared pan, cutting slices, as necessary, to fit pan.
- Beat cream cheese, 1 egg, 1/4 cup sugar, and 1 teaspoon vanilla with an electric mixer until smooth. Spread half of cream cheese mixture over bread.
- Whisk together 1 1/4 cups almond filling and 1/2 cup melted butter. Spread half of almond mixture over cream cheese mixture. Repeat layers once, using 4 1/2 bread slices, remaining cream cheese mixture, and remaining almond mixture.
- Cut remaining bread slices into 1-inch cubes, sprinkle evenly over almond mixture.
- Whisk together remaining 8 eggs, remaining 2 teaspoons vanilla, half-and-half, and salt; pour over bread cubes. Cover and chill 30 minutes or until most of egg mixture is absorbed.
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
- Whisk together remaining 1/2 cup melted butter, 2 tablespoons almond filling, 2 tablespoons sugar, and egg yolk until blended. Drizzle evenly over bread pudding; sprinkle with almonds.
- Bake for 1 hour or until set. Serve warm or chilled with Amaretto Cream Sauce.
Amaretto Cream Sauce:
- Combine amaretto and cornstarch, stirring until smooth.
- Cook cream in a heavy saucepan over medium heat, stirring often, just until bubbles appear; gradually stir in amaretto mixture. Bring to a boil over medium heat, and boil, stirring constantly, 30 seconds. Remove from heat; stir in sugar, and let cool completely.
Cook’s Note
For testing purposes only, we used Solo Almond Filling.