Buttery Crab Bread Pudding Recipes

SAVORY BACON AND CRAB BREAD PUDDING EGGS BENEDICT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Butter the insides of 2 (10-ounce) ramekins and place on a baking sheet.
• Place bread cubes into a large bowl, set aside.
• Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir bacon in hot oil until browned and almost crisp, 5 to 6 minutes. Remove excess oil from skillet and discard.
• Stir in onion and cook for about 2 minutes. Stir in red pepper and cook for an additional minute.
• Stir in chicken broth and heavy cream; cook until mixture begins to simmer, about 1 to 2 minutes.
• Pour cream mixture over bread cubes and mix thoroughly until all liquid is absorbed.
• Stir in 1 egg, lemon juice, tarragon, and lemon zest.
• Mix in crabmeat, salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper.
• Spoon Mixture into prepared ramekins and bake in a preheated oven until tops are golden brown, about 20 minutes.
• Remove ramekins from oven and top each bread pudding with a poached egg. Spoon hollandaise sauce over each egg. Garnish with cayenne pepper.

BUTTERY CRAB BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350° and butter a 9-by-13-inch ceramic baking dish. In a medium bowl, toss the crab meat with the parsley, chives, lemon juice and cayenne. Season with salt and black pepper.
• Butter each baguette slice and stand up the slices in the prepared baking dish. Using a spoon, tuck the crab mixture evenly between the slices of bread.
• In a bowl, whisk the eggs with the milk, half-and-half, 1 teaspoon of salt and 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper. Pour the custard evenly over the bread and let stand for 10 minutes.
• Bake the bread pudding for 30 minutes, until the top is lightly browned and the custard is set. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.

BREAD AND BUTTER PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch round pie dish or cake pan.
• Butter the bread on both sides and cut into triangles. Arrange a single layer of buttered bread in the bottom of the greased pan, slightly overlapping the triangles. Sprinkle with 1/2 of the sugar and all of the currants. Arrange the remaining bread on top, then sprinkle with remaining sugar.
• Beat milk, eggs, and nutmeg together. Pour over the bread and press down firmly to compress the pudding and help the bread absorb the milk mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown and set, about 30 minutes.